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02736aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 F2A9C1CCBCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240127010046 008 230810t20232023meuaf ed 000 0deng 010 $a 2023034874 020 $a 9798885795463 035 $a (OCoLC)1395138319 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d JCX $d IL2 $d HBP $d JQM $d INO $d IMT $d IWP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Grush, Loren. 245 14 $a The six : $b the untold story of America's first women astronauts [large print] / $c Loren Grush. 246 3 $a 6 : $b the untold story of America's first women astronauts 250 $a Large print edition. 263 $a 2312 264 1 $a [Waterville, Maine] : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 300 $a 601 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 340 $n large print (16 point) $2 rdafs 505 0 $a Cast of characters -- Prologue -- But only men can be astronauts -- Far from home -- Still warming up the bench -- NASA catches up -- Are you still interested in coming to work for NASA? -- Jet-setting -- The dawn of the space shuttle -- Working with men -- Choosing "the one" -- Ready, set -- Sally's ride -- Take two -- A walk into the void -- Anna to the rescue -- The heist -- The prince and the frog -- Turning point -- Closing a chapter -- Epilogue. 520 $a "When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women. Eventually, though, NASA opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls. From a candidate pool of 8,000 six elite women were selected in 1978--Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon. Together, the Six helped build the tools that made the space program run. One of the group, Judy Resnik, sacrificed her life when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded. Everyone knows of Sally Ride's history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark"-- $c Back cover. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 650 0 $a Women astronauts $x Biography. 650 0 $a Women astronauts $x Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Large type books. 650 0 $a Women astronauts $x History. 650 0 $a Astronauts $x History. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l TBPD706 $d 20240621010909.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20240619014026.0 952 $l BNPD611 $d 20240404010210.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20240402010925.0 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240309010401.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20240224010805.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127012731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F2A9C1CCBCE111EEA22CC97A4BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search