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Astronauts, women on the final frontier, written by Jim Ottaviani ; artwork by Maris Wicks

Label
Astronauts, women on the final frontier, written by Jim Ottaviani ; artwork by Maris Wicks
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-[165])
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Astronauts
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliographycomics graphic novels
Responsibility statement
written by Jim Ottaviani ; artwork by Maris Wicks
Sub title
women on the final frontier
Summary
"The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA's first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA's first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman's place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for everyone." -- inside front jacket flap