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Astronauts : women on the final frontier / written by Jim Ottaviani ; artwork by Maris Wicks.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : First Second, 2020.Edition: 1st edDescription: 157 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781250760036
Other title:
  • Women on the final frontier
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 629.45/0092/52 23
LOC classification:
  • TL789.85.A1 O77 2020
Summary: "America 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. Meanwhile, in the United States, NASA's first female astronauts were racing toward milestones of their own. These trail-blazing women were admitted into Group 9, NASA's first mixed-gender class. They had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space. But once they'd been admitted into the training program, they discovered that NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for all humans. [This book] capture[s] the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleve, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space"--Provided by publisher.
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Beverly Middle School 629.45 OTT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 705715

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"America 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. Meanwhile, in the United States, NASA's first female astronauts were racing toward milestones of their own. These trail-blazing women were admitted into Group 9, NASA's first mixed-gender class. They had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space. But once they'd been admitted into the training program, they discovered that NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for all humans. [This book] capture[s] the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleve, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space"--Provided by publisher.

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