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Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
October 20, 2004
Pages
356
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781568583198
ISBN-10
1568583192
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.75 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
Other format details
sci/tech
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Basic Books (July 29, 2003)
9781568582757 | details & prices | 378 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.64 lbs | List price $22.95
About: NASA's secret all-female astronaut training program is chronicled in this look at an intensive two-year program that seemed to suggest a genuine interest in training female astronauts until the program was unexpectedly shut down.
About: NASA's secret all-female astronaut training program is chronicled in this look at an intensive two-year program that seemed to suggest a genuine interest in training female astronauts until the program was unexpectedly shut down.
Paperback
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from Basic Books (October 20, 2004)
9781568583198 | details & prices | 356 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $16.95
About: A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests.
About: A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests.
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