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This
website chronicles the women of the Mercury 13, who went through
the same medical testing as the Mercury 7. Although never
promised a flight into space, their story is typical of the times
in the early 1960’s. 25 women, narrowed down to 13, who participated in and passed the very same physical and psychological tests that determined the original astronauts. These 13 women - Jerrie Cobb, Bernice Steadman, Janey Hart, Jerri Truhill, Rhea Woltman, Sarah Ratley, Jan and Marion Dietrich, Myrtle Cagle, Irene Leverton, Gene Nora Jessen, Jean Hixson, and Wally Funk - passed the same tests as the Mercury 7.
This website is dedicated to the women of the Mercury era, the Mercury 13.
Questions or comments about site? Contact Al Hallonquist - albatron@aol.com Page
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