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    Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions
    Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions
    Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions
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    Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions

    By Andrew Langley

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    Join Sally Ride on her journey aboard the Space Shuttle! This book examines the extraordinary life of the first female US astronaut in space, from her early life to using a robotic arm in space. Find out about other female astronauts and their achievements. Understand the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateDec 21, 2015
    ISBN9781484635490
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      Sally Ride and the Shuttle Missions - Andrew Langley

      CONTENTS

      Into Space

      A Talented Girl

      Training to Be an Astronaut

      Focus on: The Shuttle

      What Was Space Like?

      Working in Space

      Returning to Earth

      Was the Space Shuttle Program Important?

      Focus on: Female Firsts

      What Next?

      Timeline

      Glossary

      Find Out More

      Index

      All words in bold, like this, appear in the glossary on page 45.

      INTO SPACE

      Sally Ride was going up—in an elevator. Higher and higher it went, nearly 147 feet (45 meters) in the air. Ride and the four other astronauts got out. They climbed through a hatch into the cabin of the white space shuttle. They were strapped into their seats. In under two hours, they would be launched into space.

      LIFTOFF

      The space shuttle was standing on its tail on the launchpad. It was fixed to something even bigger—a giant fuel tank. On either side were two white rockets. Ride and the crew members checked their controls and waited.

      ■ The shuttle was attached to a huge tank, which contained enough fuel to carry it into space.

      SPACE SPEAK

      Rocket boosters: The two rockets provide most of the launch power, zooming the shuttle up to 30 miles (45 kilometers) in two minutes and boosting it to a speed of almost 3,000 miles (5,000 kilometers) per hour. Then they separate from the fuel tank and fall back into the sea. The rockets can be cleaned out and re-used.

      The countdown began: ten...nine...eight. At seven, the shuttle’s engine started. At one, the rocket boosters roared into life and the craft began to lift away from the ground. Suddenly, the astronauts were hurtling through the clouds. The rockets burned out and fell away, but the shuttle carried on out of Earth’s atmosphere.

      THE FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE

      On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to go into space. She was also the youngest-ever astronaut. Her flight was on board the shuttle Challenger, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. She went on to make a second shuttle flight before becoming a college professor and author. She is one of the most famous people in the history of space travel.

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