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Rare Sally RIDE / The Third Planet Exploring the Earth from Space Signed 1st ed 1994 [Hardcover] RIDE, Sally and Tam O'Shaughnessy
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First published March 22, 1994
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Sally Ride
17 books13 followersDr. Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951–July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. Ride was the third woman in space overall, after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya (1982). Ride remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987.
Ride worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012.
Ride worked for two years at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Arms Control, then at the University of California, San Diego as a professor of physics, primarily researching nonlinear optics and Thomson scattering. She served on the committees that investigated the Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle disasters, the only person to participate in both. Ride died of pancreatic cancer on July 23, 2012.
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November 15, 2010
Author: Sally Ride and Tam O’Shaughnessy
Publisher and Date: Crown Publishers, 1994
Summary: Sally Ride shares her findings and research done when she was in space. She examines and explains how a space shuttle works, what it is like to be in one, and what astronauts do in space. More specifically it discusses how Earth is studied from Space.
Review: What a great informational book about Earth. This book might inspire students to learn about Sally Ride and other astronauts that have published information about our solar system. Throughout each description, Ride related her experience and is able to build in connections with the reader. The photographs used against a black background stand out and are filled with important details. Information on other planets are also provided in this book. Students can compare and contrast characteristics of Rides’ findings. There is also a helpful index page, which includes many important terms such as: aurora, infrared light, ozone layer etc. This can be used as a library resource in a middle school science classroom or even in upper elementary grades with teacher guidance. This book is heavy in content.
Publisher and Date: Crown Publishers, 1994
Summary: Sally Ride shares her findings and research done when she was in space. She examines and explains how a space shuttle works, what it is like to be in one, and what astronauts do in space. More specifically it discusses how Earth is studied from Space.
Review: What a great informational book about Earth. This book might inspire students to learn about Sally Ride and other astronauts that have published information about our solar system. Throughout each description, Ride related her experience and is able to build in connections with the reader. The photographs used against a black background stand out and are filled with important details. Information on other planets are also provided in this book. Students can compare and contrast characteristics of Rides’ findings. There is also a helpful index page, which includes many important terms such as: aurora, infrared light, ozone layer etc. This can be used as a library resource in a middle school science classroom or even in upper elementary grades with teacher guidance. This book is heavy in content.
January 17, 2015
This book is a very beautiful description of our planet, Earth, the third planet from the Sun. This is a more technical book and appropriate for high school and more mature readers. The photo images are amazing. If I were a youngster, this book would provide an impetus to study many aspects of space exploration.
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November 15, 2011This book has lots of photographs of the earth from outer space, diagrams and maps.
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