astronauts

A biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.

A discussion of the history of manned spaceflight, covering topics such as early rocket development, NASA and U.S. military space agencies, the race to the Moon, and the various stages of the space shuttle program and different types of space stations, with a list of American astronauts, Soviet and Russian cosmonauts, and others who have journeyed into space.

Explains the training astronauts go through before they make their space flights.

Describes some of the equipment and activities of astronauts during space flights, in a text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.

Traces the development of Russia's space program and provides biographical material on the cosmonauts.

A collection of inspirational stories of African-American men and women who broke racial barriers and became pioneers in aviation.

This is a biography of the first man on the moon, covering his youth, his career as an astronaut, and his life after NASA.

The efforts of seven astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

A biography of Sally Ride, who in 1983 became the first American woman to travel in space.

Looks at the life of Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who in 1969 became the first person ever to set foot on the moon.