Displaying 1 of 1 2014 Format: Book Author: Gibson, Karen Bush. Title: Women in space : 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures / Karen Bush Gibson. Publisher, Date: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, [2014] Description: 234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Target Audience Note: 12+ Series: Women of action Women of action (Chicago, Ill.) Subjects: Women astronauts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. Women in astronautics -- Juvenile literature. Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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. LCCN: 2013024950 ISBN: 9781613748442 1613748442 Other Number: 840465083 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 397020 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: j 629.45 Gibson Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
