Riddolls, Tom.

Sally Ride : the first American woman in space / Tom Riddolls. - St. Catharines, Ont. ; New York, N.Y. : Crabtree Pub. Co., c2011. - 112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Crabtree groundbreaker biographies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108) and index.

73 seconds that changed everything -- Before the stars -- The first up there -- Disaster strikes, twice -- Lessons for the future -- Science is for girls -- Chronology -- Glossary.

ISBN: 9780778725503 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780778725411 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010018113

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ride, Sally.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration --Biography.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women astronauts--United States--Biography.
Astronauts--United States--Biography.
Women physicists--United States--Biography.

LC Class. No.: TL789.85.R53 / R53 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 629.450092