02133cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000330011324500160014626400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000480034850000310039650801140042752010920054153400450163365300200167865300180169883000480171685600430176426957UtSlPG20260610133621.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aYoung, Robert F.,d1915-198610aStar Mother 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1959.  aRelease date is 2008-10-18  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Star Mother" by Robert F. Young is a poignant science fiction short story written in the late 1950s. The narrative centers around a mother, Martha, whose son, Terry, has become an astronaut and is launched into space as part of an exploration mission. The story explores themes of love, loss, and the bittersweet nature of a mother's pride in her son's accomplishments.  Martha experiences a whirlwind of emotions as she navigates the duality of being proud of her son's incredible journey while grappling with the fear of losing him. As she watches him rise to become a star, her thoughts oscillate between nostalgia for the boy he once was and the harsh reality of his perilous fate. When tragedy strikes and Terry's capsule is damaged in space, leaving his fate uncertain, Martha ultimately finds solace in the beauty of the night sky, declaring it more beautiful than ever—with her son now a part of the stars above. The story elegantly balances the awe of scientific achievement with the profound depths of a mother's love and grief. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories 0aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1959.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26957