CONTENTS

(60 chapters)
* Valentina Tereshkova: The Icon of Soviet Female Emancipation
* Svetlana Savitskaya: Twice in Space-The Second Soviet First
* Sally Ride: America's Pioneering Woman in Space
* Judith Resnik: The Second "Shuttlenaut"
* Christa McAuliffe: "NASA Teacher in Space"
* Kathryn D. Sullivan: The First American Spacewalker
* Anna Lee Fisher: The First Mother in Space
* Margaret Rhea Seddon: The First Wedding Among NASA Astronauts
* Shannon Lucid: The First American Woman to Participate in a Long-Duration Mission
* Bonnie J. Dunbar: The First Female Astrocosmonaut in History
* Mary L. Cleave: Flying at Age 14
* Ellen Baker: An Internist Physician on the Shuttle
* Kathryn Thornton: The "Space Walker Mom"
* Marsha Ivins: Aspiring Astronaut at 19
* Linda M. Godwin: Physics and Astronomy
* Helen Sharman: The First Briton in Space
* Tamara Jernigan: An Astrophysicist Out Among the Stars
* Millie Hughes-Fulford: The First Female Payload Specialist
* Roberta Bondar: The Pioneer of Space-Medicine Research
* Nancy Jan Davis: Growing Up with the Saturn Rockets
* Mae Jemison: Our Limits Are the Stars
* Susan J. Helms: Three-Star General
* Ellen Ochoa: "Reach for the Stars and Let Nothing Limit Your Potential!"
* Janice Voss: Visits the International Space Station as a Cygnus Craft
* Nancy Currie-Gregg: A Passion for Flying and Concern for Safety
* Chiaki Mukai: The First Japanese Astronaut
* Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission
* Eileen Collins: The First Woman "Shuttlenaut" in the Driver's Seat
* Wendy Lawrence: The First Woman Astronaut of the US Navy
* Mary E. Weber: From Skydiving to Stellar Strategies
* Cady Coleman: The Colonel Playing the Flute in Space
* Claudie Haigneré: The First European Space Agency Female Astronaut
* Susan Still Kilrain: The Second Woman to Ever Pilot the Shuttle
* Kalpana Chawla: The Regret of Not Officially Visiting Her Native Country
* Kathryn Hire: The First American Woman Assigned to a Combat Aircrew
* Janet Kavandi: The Rewards of Perseverance and Tenacity
* Julie Payette: "To Assemble a Ship in the Ocean During a Storm"
* Pamela Melroy, the Second and Last Woman to Command a Shuttle
* Peggy Whitson: The First Woman Commander of the International Space Station
* Sandra Magnus: Soaring to New Heights
* Laurel B. Clark: From Deep Oceans to the Stars
* Stephanie Wilson: "Madam Robotics Expert"
* Lisa Nowak: The First Woman Astronaut Ever Dismissed from NASA
* Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper: From Diver to Astronaut
* Anousheh Ansari: The First Iranian Spacewoman
* Sunita Williams: A Marathon Runner in Space
* Joan Higginbotham: An Unplanned Adventure
* Tracy Dyson: The Lead Vocalist for the All-Astronaut Band Max Q
* Barbara Morgan: "I'll Fly with the Eyes, Ears, the Heart and Mind of a Teacher"
* Yi So-Yeon: Korean "Spaceflight Participant"
* Karen Nyberg: The Marathoner Engineer Who Competes with the Space Station
* Megan McArthur: An Aerospace Engineer Riding a Pedal-Powered Submarine
* Nicole Stott: A Steady Flying Passion
* Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger: From Space Camp to Space Station
* Naoko Yamazaki: Astronaut for 4088 Days
* Shannon Walker: The First Native Houstonian Astronaut to Fly into Space with Russians
* Liu Yang: The First Female Taikonaut
* Wang Yaping: A Live Lesson from the "Heavenly Palace"
* Elena Serova: The First Russian Woman Cosmonaut on the International Space Station
* Samantha Cristoforetti: A New Record for Endurance in Space for a Woman