Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race
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- Synopsis
- A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited additional female pilots. Twelve performed exceptionally. Stephanie Nolen tracked down eleven of the surviving "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" and learned the story of those early days of the space race and the disappointment when, in 1961, the women were grounded.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 348 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781568583198
- Publisher:
- Basic Books
- Date of Addition:
- 08/30/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephanie Nolen
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Biographies and Memoirs, Technology, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Paul Boucher
- Proofread By:
- Sue Roberts
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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