TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stone,Tanya Lee
TI  - Almost astronauts: 13 women who dared to dream 
AV  - TL789.85.A1 S79 2009
U1  - 629.45 STO 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Los Angeles, Ca
PB  - Braille Institute, 
KW  - Project Mercury (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Women astronauts
KW  - Biography
N1  - "The true story of the "Mercury 13" women"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 122-130) and index; GRL: Y; Transcribed from: New York : Candlewick Press, c2009. ISBN: 9780763636111
N2  - What does it take to be an astronaut? Excellence at flying, courage, intelligence, resistance to stress, top physical shape, any checklist would include these. But when America created NASA in 1958, there was another unspoken rule: you had to be a man. Here is the tale of thirteen women who proved that they were not only as tough as the toughest man but also brave enough to challenge the government. They were blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and the scrawled note of one of the most powerful men in Washington. But even though the Mercury 13 women did not make it into space, they did not lose, for their example empowered young women to take their place in the sky, piloting jets and commanding space capsules. Almost Astronauts is the story of thirteen true pioneers of the space age
UR  - http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/women%5Fgallery/sitemap.htm
UR  - http://www.twu.edu/library/wasp/index.htm
UR  - http://www.sallyridescience.com
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