Hitting the Books: NASA's Class 8 broke color barriers and glass ceilings alike

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 American, and gay person to fly to space..

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