The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel Bagby Meredith
The never-before-told story of NASA's barrier-breaking Astronaut Class of 1978, which for the first time ever, included women, Blacks, and people of color--with exclusive cooperation of five…
Specifikacia The New Guys: The Historic Class of Astronauts That Broke Barriers and Changed the Face of Space Travel Bagby Meredith
The never-before-told story of NASA's barrier-breaking Astronaut Class of 1978, which for the first time ever, included women, Blacks, and people of color--with exclusive cooperation of five astronauts. They rode NASA's cutting-edge shuttle, through its triumphs and tragedies (Challenger, Columbia), never losing sight of their conviction--space is for everyone.In 1978, NASA changed the rules and hired its first class of civilian astronauts for its new Space Shuttle program. For the first time ever, the astronaut ranks were open to candidates beyond white male fighter pilots. In that historic class were the first American woman, the first African American, the first Jewish person, the first Asian, the first gay person, and the first mother.The New Guys, the nickname their military predecessors gave them, tells their stories,