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The Mercury 13 : the untold story of thirteen American women and the dream of space flight / Martha Ackmann.
LIBRA TL789.85.A1 A28 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackmann, Martha.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Project Mercury (U.S.)--History.
- Project Mercury (U.S.).
- Women astronauts--United States--History.
- Women astronauts.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 239 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [2003]
- Summary:
- In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a band of women secretly prepared to become America's first female astronauts. For the first time, Ackmann tells the story of these remarkable women, all crackerjack pilots who sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in America's space race against the Soviet Union. Photos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-227) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0375507442
- OCLC:
- 51266180
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