Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts.
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Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Since then, Sally Ride has spent over 343 hours in space.
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Authors:
Riddolls, Tom
Statement of Responsibility:
Tom Riddolls
Title:
Sally Ride
the first American woman in space
Publisher:
St. Catharines, Ont. ;, New York, N.Y. :, Crabtree Pub. Co.,, c2011
Characteristics:
112 p. :,ill. ;,24 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 108) and index
Contents:
73 seconds that changed everything
Before the stars
The first up there
Disaster strikes, twice
Lessons for the future
Science is for girls
Chronology
Glossary
Summary:
Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Since then, Sally Ride has spent over 343 hours in space.
Subject Headings:
Ride, Sally
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Biography
Women astronauts United States Biography
Astronauts United States Biography
Women physicists United States Biography
Topical Term:
Women astronauts
Astronauts
Women physicists
LCCN:
2010018113
ISBN:
9780778725503
0778725502
9780778725411
0778725413
9781427194732
1427194734
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