Author Event | Jim Ottaviani: Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier
When
Tuesday February 4, 2020: 7:00pm to 8:30pm Add to Calendar / Add to Google Calendar
Where
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Description
Jim Ottaviani comes to the library to launch (no pun intended) his new book : Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier. In this graphic novel Ottaviani and illustrator Maris Wicks capture the great humor and incredible drive of Mary Cleave, Valentina Tereshkova, and the first women in space.
The U.S. may have put the first man on the moon, but it was the Soviet space program that made Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space. It took years to catch up, but soon NASA’s first female astronauts were racing past milestones of their own. The trail-blazing women of Group 9, NASA’s first mixed gender class, had the challenging task of convincing the powers that be that a woman’s place is in space, but they discovered that NASA had plenty to learn about how to make space travel possible for everyone.
This event is in partnership with Literati Bookstore and includes a signing with books for sale.
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Subjects
Downtown Library: Secret Lab
Adult
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