"Sally Ride made history as the first American woman in space. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, she broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission. After a second flight, Ride served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. After leaving NASA, she cofounded a successful company promoting science literacy and education for children, especially girls. This is a rich biography of a woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America"--Back cover.
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