Karen Bush Gibson
1) Women in space: 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures
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[2014]
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When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance -- cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982 -- followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow. WOMEN IN SPACE profiles 23 pioneers,...