What do you want to be when you grow up? Do you reach for the stars? Do you value teamwork and shoot for the moon? Are you out of this world? You want to be an astronaut! It's a tough job but learn from a real-life astronaut what it takes to achieve that goal--and what you can do right now to help prepare for blast off! Discover the values, qualities, and soft skills needed to be a space traveler--or succeed in any ambition.
 
Contributor Bio(s)
 
Retired astronaut Clayton Anderson is the author of A is for Astronaut: Blasting Through the Alphabet and Letters from Space. He lives in Omaha, Nebraska.

Iris Amaya is a children's illustrator based in Spain. Her joy is creating parallel stories to a book's plot through details in her artwork.