Sally Ride
Subtitle: America's first woman in space
By: Lynn Sherr
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9781476725765; 9781476725772; 9781476725789
Subjects: Biography; Astronauts; Women astronauts
Description: The definitive biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from Ride's family and partner, by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite.

This book is a biography of Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, with exclusive insights from her family and partner, and by the ABC reporter who covered NASA during its transformation from a test-pilot boys' club to a more inclusive elite. A member of the first astronaut class to include women, Ride broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, cracking the celestial ceiling and inspiring several generations of women. She also served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. In both instances she faulted NASA's rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. The author also writes about her scrupulously guarded personal life to show us a woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-346) and index.

Text in English.
Table of contents: title: California girl; title: 40-Love, Sally; title: Wait!; title: Thirty-five new guys; title: First; title: Reentry; title: Explosions; title: New territory; title: Down to Earth; title: Sally Ride science; title: Duty calls; title: The secret; title: A very private thing; title: Impact.