The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts 24952 Ages 3 & up

Ages 3 & up

For ages 3 & up

Written by Taylor Baldwin Kiland

including in-air refueling and flying the first fighter equipped with a pressurized cockpit

rom the longest-serving Flight Director in NASA's history comes a revealing account of high-stakes Mission Control work and the Space Shuttle program that has redefined our relationship with the universe

The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts 24952 Ages 3 & upDuring the 1960s and 1970s, when NASA embarked on its historic missions to the moon, women were initially excluded from the astronaut corps. The rationale behind this decision was the belief that only military test pilots, a profession exclusively dominated by men at the time, possessed the necessary qualities. This era was marked by the discouragement of women from pursuing careers in science and the perception that they were unfit for space travel.