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"Most people know Sally Ride as the first American female astronaut to travel in space. But in her lifetime she was also a nationally ranked tennis player, a physicist who enjoyed reading Shakespeare, a university professor, the founder of a company that helped inspire girls and young women to pursue careers in science and math, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom"--
43) Sally Ride
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"A biography of Sally Ride in the She Persisted series"--
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In alternating scenes of her childhood and her adult career, the author, former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, tells how she grew up to become the first American woman to walk in space. Includes lists of the other women in the first space-shuttle class and other first accomplished by women in space.
46) Neil Armstrong
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An introduction to the life of Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the moon.
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"The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and Ted Williams, indisputably the greatest hitter in baseball history. It was 1953, the Korean War in full throttle, when two men--already experts in their fields--crossed the fabled 38th Parallel into Communist airspace aboard matching Panther jets. John Glenn was an ambitious operations officer with fifty-nine...
52) Kalpana Chawla
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"Born and raised in India, Kalpana Chawla was discouraged from pursuing a career in aeronautical engineering because there were limited career options for women in that field. But she persisted, getting her degree and then moving to the US to obtain other, more advanced education before joining NASA and becoming the first Indian-born woman to go to space. Though she was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, she continues to inspire girls...
54) Neil Armstrong
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A biography of the first man on the moon, covering his youth and his career as an astronaut.
55) Mae Jemison
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A biography of Dr. Mae Jemison who, in September of 1992, on the fiftieth mission of the United States Space Shuttle, became the first African American woman in space.
58) Mae Jemison
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An introduction to the life of Mae Jemison, engineer, physician, and astronaut.
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"Join Sally Ride on her journey aboard the Space Shuttle! This book examines the extraordinary life of the first female US astronaut in space, from her early life to using a robotic arm in space. Find out about other female astronauts and their achievements. Understand the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown."--