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Sally Ride
Shooting for the Stars
Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride took a deep breath and nervously waited as the powerful engines of the Space Shuttle Challenger roared to life. This was the most frightening, yet exciting moment of Sally's life! She was determined to prove that an American woman could perform in space as well as a man.
Countdown to History!
Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars profiles the life of America's first woman astronaut to fly in space. Jain Sally's astronaut training as she learns to fly jets, practices sea rescue missions, and floats weightlessly in a special "zero gravity" aircraft. Witness her breathtaking view of Earth from 184 miles out in space while traveling aver 17,400 miles per hour! Then dare to share her dream of joining NASA's astronaut program.
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Sally Ride
Shooting for the Stars
Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride took a deep breath and nervously waited as the powerful engines of the Space Shuttle Challenger roared to life. This was the most frightening, yet exciting moment of Sally's life! She was determined to prove that an American woman could perform in space as well as a man.
Countdown to History!
Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars profiles the life of America's first woman astronaut to fly in space. Jain Sally's astronaut training as she learns to fly jets, practices sea rescue missions, and floats weightlessly in a special "zero gravity" aircraft. Witness her breathtaking view of Earth from 184 miles out in space while traveling aver 17,400 miles per hour! Then dare to share her dream of joining NASA's astronaut program.
Shooting for the Stars
Astronaut Dr. Sally Ride took a deep breath and nervously waited as the powerful engines of the Space Shuttle Challenger roared to life. This was the most frightening, yet exciting moment of Sally's life! She was determined to prove that an American woman could perform in space as well as a man.
Countdown to History!
Sally Ride: Shooting for the Stars profiles the life of America's first woman astronaut to fly in space. Jain Sally's astronaut training as she learns to fly jets, practices sea rescue missions, and floats weightlessly in a special "zero gravity" aircraft. Witness her breathtaking view of Earth from 184 miles out in space while traveling aver 17,400 miles per hour! Then dare to share her dream of joining NASA's astronaut program.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: June 18, 1983. The astronaut van stopped in front of the launchpad and Dr. Sally Ride, mission specialist, and the four other members of the crew peeked out the window. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pallet satellite, new astronauts, other astronauts, astronaut candidates, space camp, mission specialist, space sickness, shuttle program, robotic arm, mission control, shuttle mission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sally Ride, Mission Control, President Reagan, United States, Johnson Space Center, Ride Report, John Fabian, Stanford University, Kennedy Space Center, Los Angeles, Rogers Commission, Soviet Union, Edwards Air Force Base, Kathryn Sullivan New!
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: June 18, 1983. The astronaut van stopped in front of the launchpad and Dr. Sally Ride, mission specialist, and the four other members of the crew peeked out the window. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pallet satellite, new astronauts, other astronauts, astronaut candidates, space camp, mission specialist, space sickness, shuttle program, robotic arm, mission control, shuttle mission Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sally Ride, Mission Control, President Reagan, United States, Johnson Space Center, Ride Report, John Fabian, Stanford University, Kennedy Space Center, Los Angeles, Rogers Commission, Soviet Union, Edwards Air Force Base, Kathryn Sullivan New!
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- To Space & Back by Sally Ride on page 86, and Back Matter
- Space Shuttle by Robin Kerrod in Back Matter
- Space Shuttle (Science and Technology) by Wilbur Cross in Back Matter
- Women Astronauts Aboard the Shuttle by Mary Virginia Fox in Back Matter
- Once upon a Heroine: 450 Books for Girls to Love by Alison Cooper-Mullin on page 210
- Reckless: The Outrageous Lives of Nine Kick-Ass Women by Gloria Mattioni in Back Matter
- Extraordinary Explorers and Adventurers (Extraordinary People) by Judy Alter in Back Matter
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