Almost astronauts : 13 women who dared to dream

Stone, Tanya Lee.

Book 2009

The story of thirteen women whose passage to space was blocked by prejudice, jealousy, and a note scrawled by one of the most powerful men in Washington, but who in the end became an inspiration for future young women keen to be astronauts.

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