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She focuses on her time at NASA, where she was part of a team responsible for the maintenance and repairs of Hubble, and involved in its launch. Beginning with joining NASA in 1978, as part of the first new batch of astronauts in nine years, she takes readers through a career arc that culminated in joining the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as under-secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.
Sullivan, the first female astronaut to do a space walk, debuts with an accessible and fascinating memoir of her experiences as a pioneering scientist, highlighted by her work on the Hubble space telescope.
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