Women spacefarers : sixty different paths to space /: sixty different paths to space. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Umberto Cavallaro.
• Authors: Cavallaro, Umberto
• Contents: Acronyms; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Women in Space: A Soviet Record; Right Stuff but Wrong Sex; Mercury-13; FLATs (Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees); Every Country Has Its Own Astronauts; NASA Opens to Women; The Long Road to Integration in the East; Full Integration in the West; "Female Quotas" Are Rising; Women, Space, and Philately; 1: Valentina Tereshkova: The Icon of Soviet Female Emancipation; References; 2: Svetlana Savitskaya: Twice in Space-The Second Soviet First; References; 3: Sally Ride: America's Pioneering Woman in Space; References. 4: Judith Resnik: The Second "Shuttlenaut"References; 5: Christa McAuliffe: "NASA Teacher in Space"; References; 6: Kathryn D. Sullivan: The First American Spacewalker; References; 7: Anna Lee Fisher: The First Mother in Space; References; 8: Margaret Rhea Seddon: The First Wedding Among NASA Astronauts; References; 9: Shannon Lucid: The First American Woman to Participate in a Long-Duration Mission; References; 10: Bonnie J. Dunbar: The First Female Astrocosmonaut in History; References; 11: Mary L. Cleave: Flying at Age 14; References; 12: Ellen Baker: An Internist Physician on the Shuttle. 13: Kathryn Thornton: The "Space Walker Mom": References; 14: Marsha Ivins: Aspiring Astronaut at 19; References; 15: Linda M. Godwin: Physics and Astronomy; References; 16: Helen Sharman: The First Briton in Space; References; 17: Tamara Jernigan: An Astrophysicist Out Among the Stars; References; 18: Millie Hughes-Fulford: The First Female Payload Specialist; References; 19: Roberta Bondar: The Pioneer of Space-Medicine Research; References; 20: Nancy Jan Davis: Growing Up with the Saturn Rockets; References; 21: Mae Jemison: Our Limits are the Stars; References. 22: Susan J. Helms: Three-Star GeneralReferences; 23: Ellen Ochoa: "Reach for the Stars and Let Nothing Limit Your Potential!"; References; 24: Janice Voss: Visits the International Space Station as a Cygnus Craft; References; 25: Nancy Currie-Gregg: A Passion for Flying and Concern for Safety; References; 26: Chiaki Mukai: The First Japanese Astronaut; References; 27: Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission; References; 28: Eileen Collins: The First Woman "Shuttlenaut" in the Driver's Seat; References. 29: Wendy Lawrence: The First Woman Astronaut of the US NavyReferences; 30: Mary E. Weber: From Skydiving to Stellar Strategies; References; 31: Cady Coleman: The Colonel Playing the Flute in Space; References; 32: Claudie Haigneré: The First European Space Agency Female Astronaut; References; 33: Susan Still Kilrain: The Second Woman to Ever Pilot the Shuttle; References; 34: Kalpana Chawla: The Regret of Not Officially Visiting Her Native Country; References; 35: Kathryn Hire: The First American Woman Assigned to a Combat Aircrew; References.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.4500922; Popular works; Women astronauts -- Biography; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); Women astronauts; Technology & Engineering -- Aeronautics & Astronautics; Science -- Physics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Aerospace & aviation technology; History of science; Astronautics; Gender studies, gender groups; Astronautics; Astrophysics; Sociology; Technology & Engineering -- General; Popular science; Electronic books; Biographies; Biography; Biographies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319340487; 3319340484
• Related ISBNs: 9783319340470; 3319340476
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2017).
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