Women in Space — Following Valentina

• Main Authors: Shayler, David J. (Author), Moule, Ian A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Space exploration has developed from early, unmanned space probes through the pioneering years of the ‘Manned’ Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, to missions that now include women in the crew as a matter of course. Dave Shayler tells the story of the first woman balloonist in 1784 to their break...

Table of Contents:

• Into the wide blue yonder
• A seagull in orbit
• The Right Stuff, the wrong sex
• The rocket-plane and the Space Shuttle
• Shuttlenauts
• Sally and Svetlana
• Shuttle specialists and passengers
• Stations in space
• Earth orbit and beyond
• Conclusion.