Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures

by Karen Bush Gibson

Book Overview

When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be nineteen years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1613748442
• ISBN13: 9781613748442
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12