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Just in time for Women’s History Month, Women in Space by Karen Gibson Bush is now available in paperback! Women in Space profiles 23 pioneers, including Eileen Collins, the first woman to command the space shuttle; Peggy Whitson, who logged more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station; and Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space; as well as astronauts from Japan, Canada, Italy, South Korea, France, and more.

Check out the exclusive excerpt below on Sally Ride, the first American woman in space: