Blast Off! by Suzanne Slade

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/103834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blast Off! Author: Suzanne Slade Narrator: Libby McKnight Format: mp3 Length: 21 mins Release date: 10-11-22 Ratings: Not rated yet Genres: Science & Technology Publisher's Summary: Growing up in the 1920s on a dirt-poor farm in North Dakota, Mary Sherman's life was filled with chores—until she finally began school and discovered she loved to learn. Mary excelled at science, especially chemistry, and leaped at the chance to work in a laboratory during World War II designing rocket fuels. And when the US decided to enter the space race, Mary was chosen over her male colleagues to create the fuel to launch a rocket carrying America's first satellite.