Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program
(Part of the Gender Relations in the American Experience Series)
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Winner, 2005 Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award, American Astronautical Society On June 17, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Curiously, unlike every previous milestone in the space race, this event did not spur NASA to catch up by flying an American woman. Though there were suitable candidates-two years earlier, thirteen female pilots recruited by the private Woman in Space program had...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801883946
ISBN13:9780801883941
Release Date:December 2005
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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Americas Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Engineering Gender Studies History History & Philosophy Medical Books Politics & Social Sciences Professionals & Academics Science & Math Scientists Social Science Social Sciences Special Topics Specific Groups Textbooks Women Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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