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Name: I Want to Be an Astronaut
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Author: Byron Barton

📘 I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton

A young child thinks about what it would be like to be an astronaut and go out on a mission into space.

First publish date: 1988

Authors: Byron Barton

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