Summary
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first... Full description
Summary: |
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for everyone." -- inside front jacket flap. |
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Physical Description: |
157 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-[165]). |
ISBN: |
9781626728776 1626728771 9781250760036 1250760038 |
Author Notes: |
Jim Ottaviani began writing graphic novels about scientists in 1997. They include The Imitation Game , Primates , Feynman , and Hawking . His books are New York Times bestsellers, have been translated into over a dozen languages, and have received praise from publications ranging from Nature and Physics World to Entertainment Weekly and Variety . |