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Boldly Going Where No Woman had gone before (Well, that was the Soviet Union, but the US had firsts, too)

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani

January 28, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier is not just a book about the Women of Space (the ones that inspired: calling Nichelle Nichols. And the ones that took the ride: calling Sally Ride. Sorry, must do one bad pun) but how they got there and what happened once they were. We see both the men and women who boldly went where no one went before. We see those who broken color and gender lines. We see the inner workings of training, the ships themselves and […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Aeronautics & Astronautics & Space Science, astronauts, Dr. Mary Cleave, female astronauts, Jim Ottaviani, Maris Wicks’, nasa, sally ride, Science & Technology, space, Space flight, Valentina Tereshkova ·
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