| Description |
234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Women of action |
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Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Audience |
12+ |
| Summary |
Profiles twenty-three women from ten different countries whose careers span half a century of human spaceflight, including such heroines as Sally Ride, Peggy Whitson, Mae Jemison, and the women of Mercury 13. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index. |
| Contents |
The Mercury 13 : the astronauts who never were -- Cosmonauts : Valentina Tereshkova : first in space -- Svetlana Savitskaya : no apron for her -- Elena Kondakova : long duration in space -- Yelena Serova : ready and waiting -- American women join the space race -- Sally Ride : first American woman in space -- Judith Resnik : all she ever wanted to do -- Kathryn Sullivan : a walk into history -- Shannon Lucid : a Russian favorite -- Mae Jemison : doctor astronaut -- Ellen Ochoa : career astronaut -- Eileen Collins : space shuttle commander -- Catherine (Cady) Coleman : musical astronaut -- Pamela Melroy : piloting in space -- Peggy Whitson : space station commander -- Sunita Williams : breaking records -- Barbara Morgan : teachers in space -- World astronauts -- Roberta Bondar : living a childhood dream -- Chiaki Mukai : opening doors -- Claudie Andre-Deshays Haignere : French astronaut and Soyuz commander -- Yi Soyeon : first from Korea -- Kalpana Chawla : a tragic end -- Liu Yang : a flying knight in space -- Samantha Cristoforetti : military pilot astronaut. |
| Subject |
Women astronauts -- Biography.
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Women in astronautics.
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Women astronauts.
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| ISBN |
9781613748442 (cloth) |
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