Promised the Moon

Promised the Moon
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Publisher : Thunder's Mouth Press
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : 1568583192
ISBN-13 : 9781568583198
Rating : 4/5 (198 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Promised the Moon by : Stephanie Nolen

Download or read book Promised the Moon written by Stephanie Nolen and published by Thunder's Mouth Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited additional female pilots. Twelve performed exceptionally. Stephanie Nolen tracked down eleven of the surviving "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" and learned the story of those early days of the space race and the disappointment when, in 1961, the women were grounded.


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