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Promised the Moon : The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race
Promised the Moon The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race
Author: Stephanie Nolen
A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited additional female pilots. Twelve performed exceptionally. Stephanie Nolen tracked down eleven of the surviving "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" and lea...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781568583198
ISBN-10: 1568583192
Publication Date: 9/30/2004
Pages: 356
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Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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