Women in space : 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures Karen Bush Gibson.
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TextPublisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014Description: 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781613748442 Subject(s): Women astronauts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Women in astronautics -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 629.45009252 LOC classification: TL793 | .G457 2014| Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Central Library (CL) | Central Library (CL) | Lincoln Corner | 629.45009252 GIB (Browse shelf) | Not for loan | LC-34 |
Includes bibliographical references( pages 221-227) and index.
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.
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