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#^R.E.A.D.^ Galaxy Girls: 50 Amazing Stories of Women in Space DOWNLOAD @PDF
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Galaxy Girls tells the amazing true stories of fifty remarkable women who conquered the
impossible and forever changed the world of space exploration.Since the very beginning, women
have helped fuel some of the greatest achievements in space. From astronauts to scientists,
lawyers to teachers, these extraordinary women reached for the stars and taught us the sky is not
the limit. Filled with stories that celebrate women from the nineteenth century to today—including
Mary Jackson, NASAâ€s first black female engineer, and former NASA Chief Astronaut Peggy
Whitson, the record-holding American biochemistry researcher who has spent the most cumulative
time in space—Galaxy Girls is an inspiring and informative look at the mark women have left on
the space race.Written by Libby Jackson, a leading expert in human spaceflight, and illustrated
with bold and beautiful artwork from the students of the London College of Communication, this
empowering book will delight and inspire trailblazers of all ages. Read more Libby Jackson is one
of Britainâ€s foremost human spaceflight experts, and is the Human Spaceflight and
Microgravity Program Manager for the UK Space Agency. Libbyâ€s career working in the space
industry began when she applied for work experience at NASA at age seventeen from her
secondary school in Kent. Weeks later she was sitting in mission control in Houston. Ten years
later, and after completing a physics degree at Imperial College, she was back working at mission
control for the European Space Agency in Munich. She was an instructor, a flight controller and
finally a Columbus flight director on missions to the International Space Station. From 2014 to
2016, she managed the hugely successful UK Space Agency education and outreach program
that supported Tim Peakeâ€s mission. Read more