Bibliograph

Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, Margaret J. Goldstein

Type

Label

Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, Margaret J. Goldstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 7-11

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 4 to 6

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Margaret J. Goldstein

Series statement

STEM trailblazer bios

Summary

Have you ever dreamed of going to outer space? When Sally Ride was a little girl, she watched on TV as astronaut John Glenn launched into space. Twenty years later, she became the first American woman to go to space. Ride had loved science since she was young. Some of her teachers thought she was wasting her time studying science, but she went on to earn her PhD in astrophysics anyway. When NASA's astronaut training program opened to women, Ride quickly applied. Some people thought women couldn't handle space flight. But Ride worked hard and proved them all wrong. Later, she became a physics professor and started her own business to encourage young people to study science

Table Of Contents

Blast off! -- Trajectory -- A woman's place is in space -- Down to earth

Target audience

pre adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Sally Ride

Classification