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Author:
Gibson, Karen Bush.
Title:
Women in space : 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures / Karen Bush Gibson.
Publisher:
Chicago Review PressIncorporated,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
234 pages
Subject:
Women astronauts--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women in astronautics--Juvenile literature.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references 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 stay -- 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 Haigner : French astronaut and Soyuz commander -- Yi Soyeon : first Korean in space -- Kalpana Chawla : a tragic end -- Liu Yang : a flying knight in space -- Samantha Cristoforetti : military pilot astronaut -- The future of spaceflight.
ISBN:
1613748442 (cloth)
9781613748442 (cloth)
LCCN:
2013024950
Locations:
MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)
ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)
WSPF215 -- Spencer Public Library (Spencer)
SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)
BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

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