Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan, America's First Female Rocket Scientist

by George D. Morgan

Book Overview

This is the extraordinary true story of America's first female rocket scientist. Told by her son, it describes Mary Sherman Morgan's crucial contribution to launching America's first satellite and the author's labyrinthine journey to uncover his mother's lost legacy--one buried deep under a lifetime of secrets political, technological, and personal. In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616147393
• ISBN13: 9781616147396
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"