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The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts  Cover Image Book Book

The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts / Loren Grush.

Grush, Loren, (author.).

Summary:

When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots --a group then made up exclusively of men -- had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space flight. Eventually, though, NASA recognized its blunder and opened the application process to a wider array of hopefuls, regardless of race or gender. From a candidate pool of 8,000 six elite women were selected in 1978 -- Sally Ride, Judy Resnik, Anna Fisher, Kathy Sullivan, Shannon Lucid, and Rhea Seddon. In The Six, acclaimed journalist Loren Grush shows these brilliant and courageous women enduring claustrophobic -- and sometimes deeply sexist -- media attention, undergoing rigorous survival training, and preparing for years to take multi-million-dollar payloads into orbit. Together, the Six helped build the tools that made the space program run. One of the group, Judy Resnik, sacrificed her life when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded at 46,000 feet. Everyone knows of Sally Ride's history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark. -- book flap

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982172800
  • ISBN: 1982172800
  • Physical Description: x, 422 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2023.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes index (pages 407-422).
Subject: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Women astronauts > United States > History.
Astronauts > United States > History.
Genre: Biographies.
Informational works.

Available copies

  • 38 of 39 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at West Plains Public Library. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at West Plains Public Library .

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  • 0 current holds with 39 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
West Plains Public Library 629.40 GRU (Text) 38268201358693 New Adult Non-Fic Checked out 12/27/2024
West Plains Public Library 629.4 GRU (Text) 38268201323101 Adult Non-Fiction Available -


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