Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to Mars
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- ISBN: 9780316338929
- ISBN: 0316338923
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xiii, 338 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2016
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | January 1958: Launch day -- Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- Men are from Mars -- Look like a girl. |
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