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Sally Ride

By Lynn Sherr

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Sally Ride

By Lynn Sherr

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
2015-03-24
Publication Date:
2015-03-24
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1476725772
ISBN13:
9781476725772
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
381 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
213 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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