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The Woman Who Could Have Been the First in Space

That would be an appropriate epitaph for the women of the Mercury 13, or Woman in Space, program, a privately funded project in the early 1960s to test women pilots for astronaut fitness. The women never made it into space – the program was abruptly cancelled -- but they are…
Brielle Heinl
March 13, 2019
Author Discovery Zone

Sue Nelson

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Sue-nelson-author-photo-1-300x300.jpg Sue Nelson Biography Travelogue Multi-award-winning British science journalist specializing in space; former science correspondent, has floated like an astronaut onboard Zero G flight. BOOKS: How to Clone the Perfect Blonde (2004) Wally Funk's Race for Space (2018) Biggest literary influencers: Angela Carter, Anita Brookner, Elizabeth Taylor (the author not…
BookTrib
February 25, 2019