Presents a brief biography of astronaut, Shannon Lucid, and includes her childhood in Oklahoma through her various space shuttle missions to her six months aboard the Mir space station.
Describes astronaut training and what it is like to live in space, provides advice on becoming an astronaut, and relates, in graphic form, the experiences of three astronauts.
A biography of astronaut Mae Jemison, discussing her childhood, education, and career as a doctor working for the Peace Corps, and her training to become an astronaut.
Describes the "life before stardom" and selection of a New Hampshire teacher as the first private citizen to go into space, her training as an astronaut, and the shuttle disaster that ended her life.
A brief biography of astronaut Ellen Ochoa, who became the first Hispanic woman to travel into space; and chronicles her childhood, education, and acceptance into the NASA program.
The biography of Christa McAuliffe--the eldest child of a close Catholic Massachusetts family and a dedicated Girl Scout who came of age in the turbulent sixties and early seventies and became a schoolteacher and a mother. She was little known beyond her personal circle until selected by NASA to be the first civilian sent on a space mission as the "Teacher in Space.".
