Women Spacefarers Sixty Different Paths to Space /

• Main Author: Cavallaro, Umberto (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Physics.; Technology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Technology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Gender Studies.

This book tells the fascinating stories of the valiant women who broke down barriers to join the space program. Beginning with the orbital flight of USSR cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963, they became players in the greatest adventure of our time. The author contextualizes their accomplishments...