The Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women who Propelled us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars
By Nathalia Holt
There’s a total lunar eclipse, known as super blue blood moon happening on January 31st!
Why not get in the mood for the eclipse by learning about the Rocket Girls – a group of women who worked on NASA’s first probes to the moon. Nathalia Holt’s book, The Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women who Propelled us, From Missiles to the Moon to Mars, reminds of the integral role that this group of women (also known as ‘the human computers’) played in the advancement of space exploration.
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