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The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
The Mercury 13 The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Author: Martha Ackmann
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s first female astronauts. They passed the same battery of tests at the legendary Lovelace Foundation as did the Mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys’ club at NASA and on Capitol H...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781435290662
ISBN-10: 1435290666
Publication Date: 5/29/2008
Pages: 239
Edition: Reprint
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