* This is the only book that provides the full story of the role of women in space exploration. * Previously unpublished photographs of various aspects of training and participation in spaceflights are included. * Personal interviews with female cosmonauts and astronauts. * Traces the history of female aviation milestones from the early part of the 20th Century to the current space programme.
Author(s): David J. Shayler, Ian A. Moule
Edition: 1st Edition.
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 440
Table of contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 13
Authors' preface......Page 16
Acknowledgements......Page 20
List of illustrations......Page 22
Prologue......Page 25
Astronomy in the ancient world......Page 28
The beginnings of modern astronomy......Page 29
'It simply will not do'......Page 30
Caroline Herschel......Page 31
Maria Mitchell......Page 32
British amateur astronomers......Page 33
A sheep, a duck and a chicken......Page 35
'She's actually been flying!'......Page 36
The first giant leaps......Page 37
Higher, further, faster......Page 38
With wings and engines......Page 39
Magnificent women in their flying machines......Page 40
The Great War in the air......Page 42
Barnstormers and wing-walkers......Page 44
The Roaring Twenties......Page 45
Trophies and races......Page 48
Aviation academics and attainments......Page 50
The road to the stratosphere......Page 51
Ascent into history......Page 52
Amy to Austraha......Page 53
Amelia across the Atlantic......Page 55
A shrinking world and a new war......Page 58
The Air Transport Auxiliary......Page 59
Women's Air Service Pilots......Page 61
Jackie Cochran......Page 62
Soviet female combat pilots......Page 64
Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club......Page 66
References......Page 67
A Soviet woman in space......Page 69
A female cosmonaut......Page 70
The first female selection......Page 71
Training the cosmonauts......Page 74
A female pressure garment......Page 76
Progress towards launch......Page 77
Who would fly?......Page 79
The clock is counting......Page 83
Seagull ascending......Page 84
The flight programme......Page 86
The seagull lands......Page 88
A second spaceflight?......Page 90
Voskhod 5 and a female EVA?......Page 91
Following Valentina......Page 92
References......Page 93
The seven Mercury astronauts......Page 94
Dee O'Hara: nurse to the astronauts......Page 96
A 'girl astronaut' programme......Page 98
Ruth Nichols and the WADC 'astronaut tests'......Page 100
Betty Skelton and the 'astronaut tests' for LOOK magazine......Page 101
Jerrie Cobb and the Lovelace 'astronaut tests'......Page 105
The Lovelace class of 1961......Page 108
The House of Representatives......Page 112
I never said I was an astronaut!......Page 115
Women and the Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programmes......Page 117
Small steps for women......Page 122
The primary back-up crew: the astronaut family......Page 130
The 'astronauts' wives club'......Page 131
'Extremely pleased, honoured and proud'......Page 132
Hiding the anxiety......Page 133
References......Page 135
A new type of aeroplane......Page 138
Dr Eugen Sänger and his Silbervogel......Page 139
Dr Irene Bredt and the Racketenbomber......Page 140
Ainring and the Sänger–Bredt report......Page 142
The Sänger–Bredt antipodal rocket bomber......Page 143
Wings, rockets and wallpaper girls......Page 144
The bat......Page 145
Hanna Reitsch: German test-pilot......Page 146
Mach 1 and beyond......Page 151
Men were engineers; women were computers......Page 153
Brassières, capstans and rocket-plane pilots......Page 156
Alice King Chatham: the enigma......Page 159
David Clark Company and the two Jacquelines......Page 161
Margaret McGrew and the Mach 2.8 missile......Page 162
Evolution of the Space Shuttle......Page 163
Rose Lunn and the X-15......Page 164
Women at NASA FRC and the X-15......Page 165
Women at NASA FRC and wingless flight......Page 169
Enter Enterprise......Page 170
US clearance for females on Space Shuttle flights......Page 172
Nichelle Nichols and NASA's minority astronauts......Page 176
Spacelab......Page 181
Suiting up for the Shuttle......Page 186
Director of Johnson Space Center......Page 188
References......Page 189
SHUTTLENAUTS......Page 192
Selecting for the Shuttle......Page 193
The first Shuttle selection process......Page 194
Twenty-nine new guys and six new girls......Page 197
Follow-on selections, 1980–90......Page 199
New roles for new astronauts......Page 202
Seats to spare?......Page 205
Ascan training......Page 207
The first Ascans......Page 208
Training to survive......Page 209
Technical training......Page 211
Technical assignments......Page 212
Pilot-pool training......Page 214
Shuttle crew training......Page 217
Astronaut Office branch office assignments......Page 218
References......Page 219
SALLY AND SVETLANA......Page 221
The first assignments......Page 222
The Soviet response......Page 223
A varied selection......Page 224
Svetlana, Soyuz and Salyut......Page 227
Experiments to perform......Page 228
No special privileges......Page 229
After the flight......Page 231
Sitting next to Sally......Page 232
Preparing to fly......Page 233
Sally Ride: from sport to space......Page 235
'Isn't science wonderful?'......Page 236
Female shuttlenauts......Page 239
'Hi Dad'......Page 240
A well-behaved solar array......Page 241
'Don't fall in love with your mission'......Page 242
First American EVA......Page 243
STS 41-G and the first US female EVA......Page 244
Two up and two down......Page 245
Anna Fisher......Page 246
An exhausting exercise......Page 247
Rhea Seddon......Page 248
Girl Scout camp......Page 249
Shannon Lucid......Page 250
Mission accomplished......Page 251
References......Page 252
From the planet Earth......Page 254
A laboratory for space......Page 255
Manned spaceflight engineers......Page 257
International Shuttle candidates......Page 258
Spaceflight participants......Page 262
New NASA selections......Page 265
Triumph to tragedy......Page 267
A 'full-up' mission......Page 268
Cleave's comet......Page 269
A helping hand......Page 270
McAuliffe's ultimate field trip......Page 271
'The vehicle has exploded'......Page 272
After Challenger......Page 273
Return-to-Flight......Page 274
Launch after launch......Page 276
Probes and observatories......Page 277
The Shuttle–Mir years......Page 296
An all-female Salyut visiting mission......Page 308
Considering an all-female Shuttle mission......Page 310
The Shuttle–ISS years......Page 313
The end of an era......Page 320
Return to flight......Page 323
References......Page 324
STATIONS IN SPACE......Page 327
Soyuz T-8......Page 328
Soyuz T-12......Page 330
The first female steps into space......Page 331
The 1980 selection disbanded......Page 332
Journalist cosmonauts......Page 333
'Astronaut wanted – no experience necessary'......Page 336
New Russian female cosmonauts, 1989–2004......Page 338
The first female on Mir......Page 339
A Russian female long-duration mission – at last......Page 340
Back-up to Norm......Page 342
Two Yuris and a Shannon......Page 345
Entente cordiale......Page 348
'Too short' Lawrence......Page 350
Science with the second crew......Page 351
Seats on Soyuz......Page 353
Andromede......Page 354
The first ISS Science Officer......Page 356
Female space-station yuhangyuans?......Page 358
References......Page 359
An all-woman Mars crew?......Page 361
Bed rest experiments continue......Page 362
Family or space?......Page 363
The ISS and women's health......Page 364
From outer space to inner space: combating cancer......Page 365
From outer space to inner space: osteoporosis......Page 373
From outer space to inner space: ageing......Page 376
To boldly go…......Page 378
The journey continues......Page 384
References......Page 385
CONCLUSION......Page 388
Appendix 1 Spaceflight chronology, 1963–2003......Page 391
Appendix 2 Careers and experience......Page 398
Appendix 3 Spaceflight records and EVAs......Page 402
Appendix 4 NASA Shuttle missions with female crew-members, 1983–2004......Page 406
Glossary......Page 411
Bibliography......Page 414
B......Page 417
C......Page 418
G......Page 419
H......Page 420
L......Page 421
M......Page 422
Q......Page 423
S......Page 424
V......Page 425
Z......Page 426
