Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9781538716052ISBN-10:1538716054UPC:9781538716052Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Adventurers & Explorers, Science & Technology, HistoricalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC0D805VPT
Fighting for Space: Two Pilots and Their Historic Battle for Female Spaceflight
Spaceflight historian Amy Shira Teitel tells the riveting story of the female pilots who each dreamed of being the first American woman in space. When the space age dawned in the late 1950s, Jackie Cochran held more propeller and jet flying records than any pilot of the twentieth century--man or woman. She had led the Women's Auxiliary Service Pilots during the Second World War, was the first...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Grand Central PublishingISBN-13:9781538716052ISBN-10:1538716054UPC:9781538716052Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Adventurers & Explorers, Science & Technology, HistoricalSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC0D805VPT
Amy Shira Teitelis a spaceflight historian, author, and public speaker who, much like her subjects, is one of the few academically trained young women in her field. She earned a bachelor's degree with combined honors in history of science and technology and classics as well as a master's in science and technology studies before leaving academia for popular science writing. She has since written...
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