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1) Women in space: 23 stories of first flights, scientific missions, and gravity-breaking adventures
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[2014]
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When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance—cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982—followed by American astronaut Sally Ride a year later. By breaking the stratospheric ceiling, these women forged a path for many female astronauts, cosmonauts, and mission specialists to follow.
Women in Space profiles 23
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[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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"Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space, is an engineer, physician, teacher, Peace Corps volunteer, and founder of multiple technology companies. This fascinating bio tells about her inspiring story on Earth and beyond"--
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2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
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In the graphic novel Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier, Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space.
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[2021]
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"Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Dr. Jemison's thrilling life in this exciting biography, packed with two-color illustrations and fun facts, including the secrets of NASA"--
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[2020].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A brief biography of the first African-American woman astronaut, Mae C. Jemison. Readers will discover that she is also a doctor, dancer, businesswoman, and educator. Learn about how Mae went from a child with big dreams to a woman who inspires many.
8) Mae Jemison
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c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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An introduction to the life of Mae Jemison, engineer, physician, and astronaut.
10) Mae Jemison
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[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A biography of Mae Jemison, the first female African American astronaut.
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 3
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In Mae Carol Jemison, learn how the American astronaut and doctor chose to pursue a career in science and became the first African-American woman in space, followed by work advocating for space exploration and women and minorities in the sciences. Features include a timeline, a glossary, essential facts, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
13) Air & space
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[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 2
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Profiles women who have been active in air and space, including Christa McAuliffe, Amelia Earhart, and Sally Ride.
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Tells the true story of America's first women astronauts--six extraordinary women, each making history going to orbit aboard NASA's Space Shuttle.
When NASA sent astronauts to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s the agency excluded women from the corps, arguing that only military test pilots--a group then made up exclusively of men--had the right stuff. It was an era in which women were steered away from jobs in science and deemed unqualified for space...