To Space and Back

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"To Space and Back" is a popular science book by astronaut Sally Ride that recounts her experiences in space and explains the science and technology of spaceflight for a general audience.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronaut memoir
non-fiction book
popular science book
author Sally K. Ride
surface form: Sally Ride
basedOn Sally Ride's spaceflight experiences
coAuthor Susan Okie
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describes astronaut training
life in space
microgravity
space shuttle missions
space technology
educationalFocus STEM outreach
science education
explains effects of space on the human body
operation of the Space Shuttle
science of spaceflight
technology of spaceflight
genre memoir
popular science
spaceflight literature
hasFormat print book
hasMediaType text
hasPageCount approximately 176 pages
hasSubject NASA
Space Shuttle Challenger
space missions STS-7 and STS-41-G
intendedAudience general audience
young readers
language English
mainSubject Sally K. Ride
surface form: Sally Ride

NASA Space Shuttle program
surface form: Space Shuttle program

human spaceflight
space science
spaceflight
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor first-hand account by first American woman in space
popularizing space science
publicationPeriod 1980s
publisher Harper & Row
setting Space Shuttle
low Earth orbit
targetAgeGroup high school students
middle school students
usedFor space science outreach
usedIn science classrooms
workOf Sally K. Ride
surface form: Sally Ride

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Tam O'Shaughnessy coauthored To Space and Back
Sally K. Ride notableWork To Space and Back
Sally notableWork To Space and Back
subject surface form: Sally Ride