Mousetronaut Goes to Mars [Hardcover]

Meteor the mousetronaut returns to outer space in this exciting story from #1New York Timesbestselling author and retired NASA astronaut Commander Mark Kelly and renowned illustrator C.F. Payne.

3-2-1…blast off! The smallest member of the team, a mouse named Meteor, is back on board and ready to come to the rescue on an interplanetary adventure! With lively illustrations by award-winning artist C.F. Payne, this charming new mousetronaut adventure will inspire imaginations of all sizes! Includes detailed scientific back matter.Mark Kelly is a retired astronaut and US Navy Captain. His picture bookMousetronaut, illustrated by C.F. Payne was a #1New York Timesbestseller. He flew his first of four missions in 2001 aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, the same space shuttle that he commanded on its final flight in May 2011. In 2020 he will be running to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.

C. F. Payne has illustrated more than a dozen picture books, including theNew York TimesbestsellingMousetronautby astronaut Mark Kelly, the Texas Bluebonnet winnerShoeless Joe & Black Betsy, written by Phil Bildner, and theNew York TimesbestsellersThe Remarkable Farkle McBrideandMicawber, both by John Lithgow. He teaches at the Columbus College of Design, where he is the chair of the Illustration Department. Payne lives with his wife and children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him online at CFPayne.com.When NASA announces the crew of the upcoming Mars mission, Meteor the Mousetronaut is, shockingly, not on the list.

No matter; the little mouse isn’t about to let his training go to waste. He packs his spacesuit and stows away on theGalaxy, floating out to scavenge crumbs while the human crew sleeps. After six months, theGalaxyreaches Mars orbit—but one of the landing craft’s engines fails, and the remaining one isn’t strong enough to transport even lã-