Almost Heaven
Subtitle: The Story of Women in Space
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: March 24, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780262612135
Subjects: History of science; Space travel & exploration; Women's studies; Technology; Biography / Autobiography; Science/Mathematics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Scientists - Astronauts; Women; Technology / Engineering / General; Engineering - General; Women's Studies - General; Biography; Women astronauts; Women in astronautics
First sentence: THE SOLDIERS PROTECTING EILEEN COLLINS and her crew in July 1999 are a reminder that, though civilian since its birth in 1958, NASA is a Cold War legacy.