Sally Ride
Subtitle: shooting for the stars
By: Jane Hurwitz and Sue Hurwitz.
Contributors: Hurwitz, Sue, 1934-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Great lives; Great lives (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Fawcett Columbine
Published: 1989
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: Ride, Sally -- Juvenile literature.; Ride, Sally.; Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Astronauts.; Women -- Biography.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Biography.
Description: A biography of the California astrophysicist who became, with the second mission of the Challenger spacecraft in June 1983, the first American woman and the youngest American astronaut to orbit earth.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]).
"For middle school readers"--T.p. verso.