Women in Space Who Changed the World

by Sonia Gueldenpfennig

Readers will blast off on a trip through the history of space exploration, told through the stories of women who manned space flight revolution. These ten biographies begin hundreds of years ago with Caroline Herschel, one of the first women involved in mapping the heavens. In our own times, women like Sally Ride, Ellen Ochoa, Julie Payette, Roberta Bondar, Chiaki Mukai, and Kalpana Chawla have completed grueling training programs and flown on space...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448859980
• ISBN13: 9781448859986
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8