Women in space : -- following Valentina /
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Author / Creator: | Shayler, David, 1955- |
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Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Published in association with Praxis Pub., c2005. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 410 p.) : ill. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8875894 |
Table of Contents:
- Into the wide blue yonder
- A seagull in orbit
- The right stuff, the wrong sex
- The rocket-plane and the space shuttle
- Shuttlenauts
- Sally and Svetlana
- Shuttle specialists and passengers
- Stations in space
- Earth orbit and beyond
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Spaceflight chronology, 1963-2003
- Appendix 2. Careers and experience
- Appendix 3. Spaceflight records and EVAs
- Appendix 4. NASA shuttle missions with female crew-members, 1983-2004.