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Women in space : 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures / Karen Bush Gibson. by Gibson, Karen Bush. Chicago Review Press, c2014. Call #: 629.4500922 G449w Subjects Women astronauts -- Biography.   Women in astronautics. Series Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) ISBN:  9781613748442 (hbk.) 1613748442 (hbk.) 9781641603133 (pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  234 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index. 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. Summary:  Stories of the female pilots, physicists, and doctors who broke the stratospheric ceiling. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 629.4500922 G449w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Bedford Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 629.4500922 G449w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Captain William Spry Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 629.4500922 G449w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Young Adult Nonfiction 629.4500922 G449w Ya Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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