Americans in Space: 50 Years of NASA

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Astronaut Eileen Collins was the first woman to command the Space Shuttle. She’s honored in the new book Americans in Space, a visual history of NASA’s past 50 years – from the first test pilots, to the recent Huygens mission to Saturn.

Americans in Space is available for purchase at amazon.com

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