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Author:

Sullivan, Kathy, 1951- author.

Title:

Handprints on Hubble : an astronaut's story of invention / Kathryn D. Sullivan.

Publisher:

The MIT Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Sullivan, Kathy,--1951-
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Sullivan, Kathy,--1951-
Hubble Space Telescope (Spacecraft)
Women astronauts--United States--Biography.
Women scientists--United States--Biography.
Women astronauts.
Women scientists.
United States.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Sputnik baby -- New guys -- "It shall be maintainable" -- Mission prep -- Grounded -- Returning to flight -- A new star in the sky -- Rescue and renovation.

Summary:

The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope.

Series:

Lemelson Center studies in invention and innovation series

ISBN:

0262043181
9780262043182

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1085621669

LCCN:

2019005641

Locations:

BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)