Sally Ride is known for being the first American woman in space. As a child, Sally loved sports and science. But the world barely thought women were fit to be physicists, let alone astronauts. Learn about how all of Sally's skills led her to fly on the Challenger in 1983.
Sally Ride: This short chapter book shares the highlights of Sally's life, from childhood through retirement from NASA.
The Six: Dig deeper into Sally's experiences at NASA, as well as five other women who were a part of the Space Race of the 1980s. I was surprised to hear about how different their paths to NASA were, even though they all wound up sharing a love of space and science.
Space Heroes: More about Sally Ride and other women of NASA--including Mae Jemison--with this beginning reader illustrated with photos of LEGO minifigures.
The Astrochimps: Women were the among the last group to make it to space in America. Did you know that before any humans went to space, NASA created a "chimp college" to train chimpanzees to fly to space? Learn about all the challenges of chimps, from diapers to biting, and how they managed to launch Ham into space in 1961.
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