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ASTRONAUT
AND
PHYSICIST
SALLY RIDE
MARGARET J. GOLDSTEIN
Lerner Publications Minneapolis
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Copyright 2018 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Goldstein, Margaret J., author.
Title: Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride / Margaret J. Goldstein.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2018] | Series: STEM trailblazer bios | Audience:
Ages 711. | Audience: Grades 4 to 6. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017018464 (print) | LCCN 2017024973 (ebook) | ISBN 9781541500105 (eb pdf) |
ISBN 9781541500099 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781541512177 (pb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Ride, SallyJuvenile literature. | United States. National Aeronautics and
Space AdministrationBiographyJuvenile literature. | Women astronautsUnited States
BiographyJuvenile literature. | AstronautsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. |
Women physicistsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. | PhysicistsUnited States
BiographyJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TL789.85.R53 (print) | LCC TL789.85.R53 G64 2018 (ebook) | DDC
629.45/0092 [[B]]dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017018464
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CONTENTS
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Chapter 1
BLAST OFF!
Astronaut John
Glenns family
watches his 1962
space launch
on TV.
F ebruary 20, 1962, was an exciting day for the United
States. Thats when astronaut John Glenn climbed into
a small space capsule in Florida, and huge rockets blasted
him into space. He became the f irst American to orbit Earth.
Millions of Americans watched the launch on TV.
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In Los Angeles, California, Sally Ride was watching too. Her
teacher at Encino Elementary School had wheeled a black-and
white TV set into her classroom so the students could watch
the launch.
Sally was in sixth grade. She didnt know what her future
would hold. She didnt know that she too would become an
astronautand the f irst American woman to f ly in space.
Ride stands
in her f light suit
before her f irst
launch into space
in 1983.
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