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The six : the untold story of America's first women astronauts / Loren Grush.
"In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America's first women astronauts -- six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982172800 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Subject: | Ride, Sally. Resnik, Judy. Fisher, Anna. Sullivan, Kathy. Lucid, Shannon. Seddon, Rhea. Women astronauts > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 629.450092 Gru | 31681010339893 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts--six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle. - Baker & Taylor
Tells extraordinary true story Americaâs first women astronauts who made history in 1978 when they were selected to go into orbit aboard NASAâs Space Shuttle, each of them making their mark as they helped build the tools that made the space program run. Illustrations. - Simon and Schuster
âVivid.â âThe Guardian * âEngrossing.â âBooklist * âSuspenseful, meticulously observed, enlightening.â âMargot Lee Shetterly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Figures
In this account of Americaâs first women astronauts âGrush skillfully weaves a story that, at its heart, is about desire: not a nationâs desire to conquer space, but the longing of six women to reach heights that were forbidden to themâ (The New York Times).
When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilotsâa group then made up exclusively of menâhad 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 1978âSally 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 claustrophobicâand sometimes deeply sexistâmedia 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 Rideâs history-making first space ride, but each of the Six would make their mark. âA spirited group biographyâ¦itâs hard not to feel awe for these womenâ (The Wall Street Journal).
