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Bonnie J. Dunbar: The First Female Astrocosmonaut in History

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Cavallaro, U. (2017). Bonnie J. Dunbar: The First Female Astrocosmonaut in History. In: Women Spacefarers. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_10

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