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- Stars in Space. // Weekly Reader News - Senior;11/30/2007, Vol. 86 Issue 11, p2
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- Women Astronauts Named to Space Station Assembly Crew. // SWE Magazine;Jun2000, Vol. 46 Issue 3, p137
The article reports on the selection of Mary Ellen Weber and Susan Helms, women astronauts, to join the STS-101 crew of a space station. The STS-101 crew will be responsible in preparing the space station for the arrival of the Zvezda service module by conducting one spacewalk. They will also...
- Marathon woman. Kluger, Jeffrey; Cole, Wendy // Time International (South Pacific Edition);09/30/96, Issue 40, p64
Highlights United States astronaut Shannon Lucid's experiences in orbit. The records she holds for time spent in orbit; Her age; Her husband; Her three-month stay aborad the Russian space station Mir; Her regular contact with family while in space; Norman Thagard, the only other American to...
- A First for Space. // Weekly Reader - Edition 2;Mar2008, Vol. 77 Issue 6, Special section p2
The article features astronaut Peggy Whitson. She became the first woman to lead the giant laboratory in space International Space Station in October 2007. She believes that it is important for women to become a part of the space program. Also presented are the photographs of Whitson while...
- French minister plans shake-up for research. Butler, Declan; Goodman, Sally // Nature;8/15/2002, Vol. 418 Issue 6899, p712
Reports that Claudie Haignere, France's first female astronaut, is the only woman qualified to pilot the International Space Station's Soyuz lifeboat back to Earth. Haignere's goals; Educational background; Approaches used in reforming the research system.
- COSMO GIRLS. // People Management;4/22/2010, p8
A photograph of female astronauts who have joined the International Space Station in 2010 is presented.
- WHO AM I? // World Almanac for Kids;2004, p209
The article offers facts about astronaut Shannon Lucid. I have a doctorate degree in biochemistry, and in 1978 was picked by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to become an astronaut. I have been on five space flights, with a total of 5,354 hours in space, and I hold the...
- Aerospace Museum Lecture: Wally Funk. // Gay & Lesbian Times;4/1/2004, Issue 849, p22
Reports on the preparations for the lecture to be held at the San Diego Aerospace Museum on April 8, 2004 that will feature one of the thirteen women who successfully completed the physical tests used to select the United States' first astronauts.
- An astronaut's amazing mission. Gifford, Susan Korones // Good Housekeeping;Nov2001, Vol. 233 Issue 5, p98
Features Sally Ride, the first American woman to be launched into space in 1983. Background on the Sally Ride Science Club; How Ride developed her interest in science.
