Sherr, Lynn.

Sally Ride : America's first woman in space / Lynn Sherr. - New York : Simon & Schuster, [2014], c2014 - xxiii, 374 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

California girl -- 40-Love, Sally -- Wait! -- Thirty-five new guys -- First -- Reentry -- Explosions -- New territory -- Down to Earth -- Sally Ride science -- Duty calls -- The secret -- A very private thing -- Impact.

A member of the first astronaut class to include women, Ride broke through a quarter-century of white male fighter jocks when NASA chose her for the seventh shuttle mission, cracking the celestial ceiling and inspiring several generations of women. She also served on the panels investigating the Challenger explosion and the Columbia disintegration that killed all aboard. In both instances she faulted NASA's rush to meet mission deadlines and its organizational failures. Sherr also writes about Ride's scrupulously guarded personal life to show us a fascinating woman whose life intersected with revolutionary social and scientific changes in America.


Text in English.

ISBN: 9781476725765 (hardcover) 1476725764 (hardcover) 9781476725772 (trade pbk.) 1476725772 (trade pbk.) 1476725764 (hbk.) 9781476725765 (hbk.) 9781476725765 (hc.) 1476725764 (hc.)

LCCN: 2013039647

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astronauts
Women astronauts
Astronauts.
Women astronauts.

LC Class. No.: TL789.85.R53 / S54 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 629.450092 629.450092 RID 629.450092 RID