Title Sally Ride : the first American woman in space / Tom Riddolls.

Publication Info.	St. Catharines, Ont. ; New York, N.Y. : Crabtree Pub. Co., [2011]
	©2011

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department	J 629.45 RIDE	Check Shelf

Description	112 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series	Crabtree groundbreaker biographies
	Crabtree groundbreaker biographies.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 108) and index.
Contents	73 seconds that changed everything -- Before the stars -- The first up there -- Disaster strikes, twice -- Lessons for the future -- Science is for girls -- Chronology -- Glossary.
Summary	Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Since then, Sally Ride has spent over 343 hours in space.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.7 3.0 140446.
Form	Issued also in an electronic format.
Subject	Ride, Sally -- Juvenile literature.
	Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Women physicists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Ride, Sally.
	United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Biography.
	Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
	Astronauts -- United States -- Biography.
	Women physicists -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN	9780778725503 paperback alkaline paper
	0778725502 paperback alkaline paper
	9780778725411 reinforced library binding alkaline paper
	0778725413 reinforced library binding alkaline paper
	9781427194732 (electronic (PDF))
	1427194734 (electronic (PDF))

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