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Women in space 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures / Karen Bush Gibson.
| Author/creator | Gibson, Karen Bush |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, [2014] |
| Description | 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references( pages 221-227) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013024950 |
| ISBN | 9781613748442 (cloth) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |