Astronauts : women on the final frontier /
Women on the final frontier
written by Jim Ottaviani ; artwork by Maris Wicks.
- 1st ed.
- New York : First Second, 2020.
- 157 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
School Library Journal starred, March 2020 Booklist starred, January 2020 Pub Weekly, December 2019 Kirkus Starred, November 2019 Horn Book, May 2020 Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), February 2020
"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.
4.1. 5-8 Follett School Solutions.
9781250760036
2019930757
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