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The Six: The Untold Story of Americas First Women in Space
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LITTLE BROWN
| Author:
Loren Grush
| Language:
English
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LITTLE BROWN
Author:
Loren Grush
Language:
English
Format:
Trade Paperback
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The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make-up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms and flight suits that didn’t fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space.
In 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. Anna Fisher was assigned to her first space flight while pregnant. Judy Resnik was killed in the Challenger explosion in 1986. But her legacy – and that of all the Six – lives on. This sparkling history reveals their journey through NASA’s outreach programme, rigorous tests and training, sexism, press attention, and the solidarity with which they overcame obstacles and launched into space.
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The Six was an extraordinary cohort of women recruited by NASA in the seventies. Ride was just one member of the Six. Greeted in Houston by make-up bags designed for use in space, no designated locker rooms and flight suits that didn’t fit, they went on to break barriers on earth and in space.
In 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. Anna Fisher was assigned to her first space flight while pregnant. Judy Resnik was killed in the Challenger explosion in 1986. But her legacy – and that of all the Six – lives on. This sparkling history reveals their journey through NASA’s outreach programme, rigorous tests and training, sexism, press attention, and the solidarity with which they overcame obstacles and launched into space.
About Author
Loren Grush is a reporter for Bloomberg News specializing in all things space. Previously, she was a senior science reporter for the technology news website The Verge and hosted the online show Space Craft, which took her across the country to explore what it takes to train for space. The daughter of two NASA engineers, Grush grew up surrounded by rocket scientists. She has also been published in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Nautilus magazine, and has appeared on several TV networks as an expert commentator.
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