On the Space Shuttle with Sally Ride (Young-Adult Biographies)
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The American Space Shuttle Program had only flown six missions when the first woman and youngest astronaut ever went into space on Challenger STS-7 in 1983. Thirty-two years old, Ph.D. physicist Dr. Sally Ride broke every barrier with her tenacity, intellect, and determination. A former professional tennis player, she traded sports for academia to achieve degrees in physics from Stanford University. She flew two missions: STS-7 and STS-41G, started the NASA Office of Exploration, served on the Rogers Commission to investigate the Challenger disaster, and served on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. She retired from NASA to teach physics at the University of California, San Diego and started Sally Ride Science which became a major publishing house for science trade books with the goal of encouraging young students to pursue science and mathematics careers. This is the eighth biography of scientists in a series by Dr. Barbara ten Brink. After a successful teaching career, Dr. ten Brink has turned her talents from teaching the major discoveries of science to writing the scientists' biographies. Rather than a chronology, she focuses on the scientists' attributes. Her readers will appreciate the tenacity of Dr. Sally Ride.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B0CR8T81W3
ISBN13:9798873551972
Release Date:January 2024
Publisher:Independently published
Length:81 Pages
Dimensions:9.3" x 0.2" x 7.5"
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