Gene Nora Jessen Recalls Astronaut Testing
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Photo taken in 1995 of 7 of the Mercury 13 team. From left: Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman.
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Photo taken in 1995 of 7 of the Mercury 13 team. From left: Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman.
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A member of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs), or as later dubbed "Mercury 13," aviator Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spacecraft.
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A member of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs), or as later dubbed "Mercury 13," aviator Jerrie Cobb poses next to a Mercury spacecraft.
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Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen
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Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen
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Jerrie Cobb in testing.
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Jerrie Cobb in testing.
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Mercury 13 team members
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Mercury 13 team members
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