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Susan Still Kilrain: The Second Woman to Ever Pilot the Shuttle

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  • International Space Station
  • Space Shuttle
  • Power Generation Unit
  • Fuel Cell Power
  • Shuttle Flight

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  1. Italian Astrophilately Society, AS.IT.AF, Villarbasse, Torino, Italy

    Umberto Cavallaro

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Cavallaro, U. (2017). Susan Still Kilrain: The Second Woman to Ever Pilot the Shuttle. In: Women Spacefarers. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_33

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