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Promised the Moon : The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race
Promised the Moon The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race Author:Stephanie Nolen A female world-record-setting pilot, Jerrie Cobb was recruited in 1959 to take the astronaut tests. She excelled, so the doctor who supervised the selection of NASA's Mercury astronauts recruited additional female pilots. Twelve performed exceptionally. Stephanie Nolen tracked down eleven of the surviving "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" and lea... more »rned the story of those early days of the space race and the disappointment when, in 1961, the women were grounded.« less