The Women Who Trained For Space Travel Two Decades Before NASA Launched the First Woman

Day 4 of World Space Week

Jerrie Cobb operating the Multi-Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) at the Lewis Research Center in Ohio. This test simulated bringing a spinning spacecraft under control and was one of many that the women of the Mercury 13 went through in order to qualify for space flight. Picture by NASA/GRC/Arden Wilfong — Great Images in NASA Description, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6448450

Welcome back to Day 4 of World Space Week everyone! If you haven’t already, you can check out Monday’s post on Caroline Herschel, Tuesday’s post on Nancy Roman, and yesterday’s post on the largest telescope heading into space this December from yesterday below.

Caroline Herschel: A Cinderella Story in Astronomy

What Lady Would Take Mathematics Instead of Latin? The Future Mother of Hubble

The Long-Awaited Telescope to Explore Our Origins and the Women Who Contributed

Many of you know of the Mercury 7: America’s first astronauts (all male) chosen in 1959. The names of these are well etched into the history books and our consciousness: Alan Shepard, Gus…