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Sally Ride : America's first woman in space / Lynn Sherr.

Record details

ISBN: 1476725772 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9781476725772 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 1476725764 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781476725765 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781476725765 : HRD
ISBN: 1476725764 : HRD
ISBN: 9781476725765 (hardcover)
ISBN: 1476725764 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781476725772 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 1476725772 (trade pbk.)
Physical Description: xxiii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	California girl -- 40-Love, Sally -- Wait! -- Thirty-five new guys -- First -- Reentry -- Explosions -- New territory -- Down to Earth -- Sally Ride science -- Duty calls -- The secret -- A very private thing -- Impact.
Summary, etc.:	The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. This book is a biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from her family and partner, and by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, Ride broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, cracking the celestial ceiling and inspiring several generations of women. She also served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. In both instances she faulted NASA's rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. The author also writes about her scrupulously guarded personal life to show us a woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America.
Language Note:	Text in English.