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“Inspiring and joyous.”—People

Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo''s The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be.—Kirkus Reviews

The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.

Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space.

Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother

The Boy Who Reached for the Stars

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    A Paperback by Elio Morillo

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Published 6 March 2025
      ISBN-13 9780063214323
      978-0063214323
      ISBN-10 0063214326
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      Autobiography: science, technology and medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “Inspiring and joyous.”—People

      Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo''s The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be.—Kirkus Reviews

      The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond.

      Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space.

      Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother

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