This is a second edition non-fiction book, revised and expanded, for young school age juveniles. It is about Sally Ride, who on June 18, 1983, became America's first female astronaut, riding the flaming coat-tails of the Space Shuttle as it orbited the Earth with her crew, the members of NASA's STS-7 Shuttle mission. Sally Ride, born May 26, 1951, lived an amazing life of science and adventure, blazing a path for all women of the world. She died on July 23, 2012, along the way not only demonstrating the capabilities of intelligent women, but working to motivate students of all genders toward...
This is a second edition non-fiction book, revised and expanded, for young school age juveniles. It is about Sally Ride, who on June 18, 1983, became ...
This is a second edition, non-fiction, children's science biography, revised and expanded from the first edition.
Wernher von Braun was not born in America, but he became an American citizen because he believed in American ideals as well as the courage and capabilities of our great nation. It was von Braun and his team who helped launch America's first satellite as well as NASA. Along the way from El Paso to Huntsville to Washington D.C. he became America's most important symbol for space exploration.
With intelligence and daring, Dr. von Braun not only launched rockets but...
This is a second edition, non-fiction, children's science biography, revised and expanded from the first edition.