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Sally Ride was the first American woman in space. This is her story.
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Linda Wade is a retired school ibrarian. She served 23 years in the same school she attended as a child. She has taught writing, both locally and nationally at writing conferences. She received her education from Olivet Nazarene University and Indiana University. She has published 30 books since 1989. She and her husband, Edward, like to travel across the United States visiting their children, historic places, and national parks.
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On June 18, 1983, five astronauts lay on their backs in the Challenger spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sally Ride, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Stanford University, Cape Canaveral, Commander Robert Crippen, Indian Ocean, Los Angeles, San Diego, University of California New!
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On June 18, 1983, five astronauts lay on their backs in the Challenger spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sally Ride, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Stanford University, Cape Canaveral, Commander Robert Crippen, Indian Ocean, Los Angeles, San Diego, University of California New!
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- The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space by Sally Ride on page 50, and Back Matter
- The Mystery of Mars by Sally Ride on page 50, and Back Matter
- Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System by Sally Ride; Tam O'Shaughnessy on page 50, and Back Matter
- Solar System (Planet Earth, No 16) by Kendrick Frazier in Back Matter
- Sally Ride: A Space Biography (Countdown to Space) by Barbara Kramer in Back Matter
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- The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language (Perennial Classics) by Steven Pinker on page 138
- Uncle Sam's Plantation: How Big Government Enslaves America's Poor and What We Can Do About It by Star Parker on page 102
- Almost Heaven: Women On The Frontiers Of Space by Bettyann Holtzmann Kevles in Back Matter
- GenderSpeak: Personal Effectiveness in Gender Communication by Diana Ivy in Front Matter
- In-a-Flash: Vocabulary for TOEFL Exam (In a Flash : Vocabulary for the Toefl Test) by Peterson's in Front Matter
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