Sally Ride (1951–2012)
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Sally Ride was born in Encino, California on May 26, 1951. She received degrees in physics and English from Stanford University and was about to finish her Ph.D. in physics when she saw an ad in the Stanford student newspaper saying that NASA was looking for astronauts. She applied and was selected näytä lisää as an astronaut candidate in January 1978. She was selected as a mission specialist for mission STS-7 aboard the shuttle Challenger. When Challenger blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on June 18, 1983, she became the first American woman in space. She retired from NASA in 1987. In 1989, she joined the faculty at the University of California San Diego as a professor of physics and director of the California Space Institute. In 2001 she founded her own company, Sally Ride Science. The company creates innovative classroom materials, classroom programs, and professional development training for teachers. She co-wrote seven science books for children including The Third Planet, The Mystery of Mars, Mission Planet Earth, and Mission Save the Planet, all with Tam O'Shaughnessy. She received the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the von Braun Award, the Lindbergh Eagle, and the NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. She was twice awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal. She died from pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012 at the age of 61. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Tekijän teokset
Voyager: An Adventure to the Edge of the Solar System (Face to Face With Science) (1992) 45 kappaletta
Mission Planet Earth: Our World and Its Climate and How Humans Are Changing Them (2009) 36 kappaletta
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- California Hall of Fame (2006)
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Published in 1999, at a time when NASA had publicly announced plans for several missions that were either scrapped or failed. The Mars Polar Lander failed, the Marie Curie, Sojourner's twin, never went to Mars, and the plan to return rocks from Mars to Earth has yet to be carried out.
The text is white on black, probably to represent the black of space, and there are numerous well-chosen illustrations. The narrative is suitable for older children or young adults. There are some dramatic illustrations of early Mars and early Earth, which have much the same style as the ancient painting of dinosaurs.… (lisätietoja)