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Meredith Bagby. The never-before-told story of NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, which included the first American women, the first African Americans, the first Asian American, and the first gay person to fly to space.
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Meredith Bagby is the author of The New Guys: The Astronauts...
- The New Guys
Meredith Bagby’s thoroughly researched and finely crafted...
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Meredith Bagby is the author of The New Guys: The Astronauts That Changed the Face of Space Travel. She is a partner at Big Swing Productions, a film and TV production company.
Bagby worked as an on-camera reporter for CNN covering economic and political issues from a youth perspective. She is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Harvard College. She is currently a creative executive in feature development for DreamWorks SKG.
Meredith Bagby’s thoroughly researched and finely crafted account captures the highs and lows of life as an astronaut—the grueling training, wild partying, cut-throat competition, and tragic losses of the Challenger and Columbia crews—all with spine-tingling thrills and genuine pathos
Feb 20, 2024 · The book "The New Guys" by author Meredith Bagby shines a spotlight on the history-making astronaut class that flew the NASA Space Shuttle for the first time.
Feb 13, 2023 · With The New Guys, Meredith Bagby, a film producer and former journalist, has produced a broad and easily readable narrative about this group of US astronauts. She does not break new ground in...
Feb 12, 2023 · In The New Guys, author Meredith Bagby follows the exploits of NASA's Astronaut class of 1978 — "Class 8," America's first women, African Americans, Asian...
