Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures

Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures — page 3 — PART IV WORLD ASTRONAUTS 165 Roberta Bondar Living a Childhood Dream 171 Chiaki Mukai Opening Doors 176 Claudie André-Deshays Haigneré French Astronaut and Soyuz Commander 181 Yi Soyeon First from Korea 187 Kalpana Chawla A Tragic End 191 Liu Yang Flying Knight in Space 197 Samantha Cristoforetti Military Pilot Astronaut 201 THE FUTURE OF SPACEFLIGHT 205 Acknowledgments 207 Notes 209 Glossary 217 Online Resources for Further Reading 219 Bibliography 221 Index 229

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