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1) Women in space: 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures
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1080L
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English
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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, including...
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University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Having spent over 150 days on his first tour of the International Space Station, its safe to say that Clayton C. Anderson knows a thing or two about space travel. Now retired and affectionately known as "Astro Clay" by his many admirers on social media and the Internet, Anderson has fielded thousands of questions over the years about spaceflight, living in space, and what its like to be an astronaut. Written with honesty and razor-sharp wit, Its a...
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Progress in astronautics and aeronautics volume 220
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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English
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International journal of numerical methods for heat and fluid flow volume 14, no. 4
Publisher
Emerald Group
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
