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.

Clayton Anderson, a retired astronaut, once spent 152 days aboard the International Space Station. He is now the President and CEO of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum in his hometown of Ashland, Nebraska. A sought-after public speaker and award-winning author of The Ordinary Spaceman, It's a Question of Space, A is for Astronaut, and Letters from Space, he now lives in Omaha.

Iris is a children’s illustrator who uses her art to foster imagination. Her work includes subtle details and parallel stories, and she loves creating expressive, nuanced characters. Discovering the small surprises in her illustrations is like magic. She's lived in Madrid, Dublin, and Valencia, Spain, where she currently resides with her husband, Antonio, and their son, Mateo.