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Jerrie Cobb, Lady Pilot, testing Gimbal Rig in AWT

Jerrie Cobb, Lady Pilot, testing Gimbal Rig in AWT

Description: (April 6, 1960) Jerrie Cobb, a well-known female pilot in the 1950s, testing Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, AWT in April 1960. The Gimbal Rig, formally called MASTIF or Multiple Axis Space... More

Jacqueline Cochran. NASA public domain image colelction.

Jacqueline Cochran. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description (1961) Jacqueline Cochran, first woman aviator to break the sound barrier, is sworn in as a consultant by NASA Administrator James E. Webb in 1961...Image # : cochran1961

Nancy Roman, Space Poineer, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Nancy Roman, Space Poineer, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

Description: (1962) Dr. Nancy Roman, one of the nations top scientists in the space program, is shown with a model of the Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO). ..Roman received her PhD in astronomy from the Univers... More

Gemini Wives on Console, NASA Gemini program

Gemini Wives on Console, NASA Gemini program

(June 3, 1965) The wives of Gemini 4 astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II visited the Mission Control in Houston. Left to right are: Mrs. Patricia McDivitt and Mrs. Patricia White. The wives were... More

Marjorie Townsend and SAS-1. NASA public domain image colelction.

Marjorie Townsend and SAS-1. NASA public domain image colelction.

Description: (December 2, 1970) Marjorie Townsend discusses the X-ray Explorer Satellite's performance with a colleague during preflight tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Townsend, a Washington DC na... More

Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC

Materials Science Experiments Conducted at MSFC

Description (November 13, 1974) In another first for NASA, an all-female crew of scientific experimenters began a five-day exercise on December 16, 1974, to test the feasibility of experiments that were later t... More

First Class of Female Astronauts

First Class of Female Astronauts

Description (February 28, 1979) From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their fir... More

Sullivan and Ride Show Sleep Restraints

Sullivan and Ride Show Sleep Restraints

Description (October 6, 1984) Astronauts Kathryn D. Sullivan, left, and Sally K. Ride display a "bag of worms." The "bag" is a sleep restraint and the majority of the "worms" are springs and clips used with the... More

Astronaut Mae Jemison Working in Spacelab-J

Astronaut Mae Jemison Working in Spacelab-J

Description (October 22, 1992) Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-47) onboard photo of Astronaut Mae Jemison working in Spacelab-J module. Spacelab-J is a combined National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) a... More

Astronauts Jan Davis & Mae Jemison on STS-47

Astronauts Jan Davis & Mae Jemison on STS-47

Description (August 15, 1992) Astronauts Dr. N. Jan Davis (left) and Dr. Mae C. Jemison (right) were mission specialists on board the STS-47 mission. ..Born on November 1, 1953 in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Dr. N. J... More

Space Shuttle Discovery, Astronaut Davis At Work

Space Shuttle Discovery, Astronaut Davis At Work

Description (August 19, 1997) Astronaut N. Jan Davis, payload commander, is pictured at the work station for the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) on the aft flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Davis cont... More