The new guys : the historic class of astronauts that broke barriers and changed the face of space travel / Meredith Bagby.

"The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of fi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bagby, Meredith E. (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Astronauts > United States > Biography. African American astronauts > Biography. Women astronauts > United States > Biography. Diversity in the workplace > United States. Multiculturalism > United States. Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) Women in astronautics > United States > History > 20th century. Biography. Astronauts. Diversity in the workplace. Multiculturalism. Women astronauts. Women in astronautics. United States. 1900-1999 Biographies. History.
Genre:	Biography. Biographies. History.
Physical Description:	xv, 511 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Variant Title:	Historic class of astronauts that broke barriers and changed the face of space travel
Format:	Book

Contents:

Author's note
Character list
Ad astra
Light this candle
Ten interesting people
Baptism by fire, water, and air
I'll be you
Get the son of a bitch in space
The dream is alive
To have and have not
A feather in her cap
Rocket dawn
We deliver
Yellow death
Much have I traveled
Send me in, coach
Blood moon
The prince and the politician
Beautiful, like America
Godspeed
Speedbrake
All we know of heaven
Nature cannot be fooled
God help you if you screw this up
Through a glass darkly
Closer to God
Everything that rises must converge
Yesterday in Texas
God bless.