Astronaut-Aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact

I bought this book because I was attending a workshop where the author, Jennifer Swanson, was teaching. This book is wonderfully comprehensive in comparing and contrasting sea and space environments. Covering how and why we explore as well as what we've learned, readers will be able to imagine themselves as astronauts or aquanauts. There are activities for young readers to cement understanding, a glossary and a section where readers can 'meet' the scientists. Not just for science lovers, this book will inform and inspire many readers. Me? I'd want to be an aquanaut.

This was a surprise find for me when I was looking at marine-life books for my grandson. This is a very interesting book that all of my grandkids ages 13-9 enjoy. It explores the relationship between space and ocean science. Highly recommend.

If you're like me and remember seeing the first moon landing, and were an avid fan of the Jacques Cousteau TV series, you will find this book fascinating. It's fun to read what goes into the preparation for both space and ocean exploration, and how both of them have evolved since those early days. And it is packed with information and lots of illustrations to keep children interested all the way to the last page.

My son likes all the books from National Geographic, so it is easy to find him a gift. I love how this book shows and compairs the two opposites worlds. THe pictures are amazing!

This was a gift for my grandson who lives out of town. Assumed all was well!!

Good side by side comparison. Very interesting.

My kid love it

This must be a wonderful book because I’ve barely been able to read any of it. My students won’t give it back to me and it has been checked out pretty much continuously since I shared it.

My children love the facts in this book.