Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery

By Scott Kelly

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Astronaut Scott Kelly recounts the nearly one year he spent aboard the International Space Station, along with the path that led him there. Kelly describes daily life in orbit, the physical and mental toll of long spaceflight, spacewalks and the experiments that compared him with his twin brother on Earth. He also tells the story of his youth as a poor student who became a pilot and astronaut. The book was published in 2017.

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• Neil deGrasse Tyson: “Scott Kelly's book is A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery. Definitely check it out.”