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Planetary Radio

Women in Space

Airdate: Monday, December 8, 2003
Running Time: 00:30:18
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Science author Bettyann Kevles has just written Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space. She's our guest on this week's show. Emily Lakdawalla knows how we came up with the distance from the sun to the Earth, and Bruce Betts has the secret recipe for pizza moon pie.

Click here to reserve your autographed copy today of Almost Heaven: The Story of Women in Space.
The perfect holiday gift for the space enthusiast in your life!

Guests

• Bettyann Kevles, Author

Related Information

• International Women's Air and Space Museum
• JPL Astronomical Unit Definition
• JPL Galileo Mission Io Page
• Women in Space Website with many links
• Women of NASA Site