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A very straightforward biography of a noteworthy woman.

Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space by Lynn Sherr

March 1, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

Turns out I didn’t know very much at all about Sally Ride. I mean, what I knew about her was very limited, and half wrong. I knew that her name was Sally Ride, and that she was the first woman in space (she wasn’t, she was the first American woman in space; the first woman was cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who Sally once met covertly). So this book was very interesting for me, just in terms of learning about this fascinating woman, even though the writing […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #biography, astronauts, lynn sherr, narfna, nasa, non fiction, sally ride

narfna's CBR12 Review No:20 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #biography, astronauts, lynn sherr, narfna, nasa, non fiction, sally ride ·
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Sally’s Ride

March 12, 2018 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

“During her sixty-one years on the planet – minus 343 hours, 47 minutes, 32 seconds in space – she joined, then helped lead, the boldest steps yet taken to explore and protect the big blue marble that is our home.” Even if I woke up tomorrow morning and was 60 pounds lighter with a complete understanding of astrophysics I would not want to go to space. While I have no desires to go to space it has nothing to do with not being allowed (except […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: lynn sherr, sally ride, Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space

Caitlin_D's CBR10 Review No:33 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: lynn sherr, sally ride, Sally Ride: America’s First Woman in Space ·
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