Dr. Randolph Lovelace

Dr. Randolph Lovelace | Eileen Collins | Jerrie Cobb | Sally Ride | Sarah Byrn Rickman | Sarah Gorelick Ratley | women pilots

1961: A Woman in Space?
Bysarahbyrn June 13, 2020April 22, 2022

12 More Women Pilots Pass Dr. Lovelace’s Tests Continued from last week — June 5 post Dr. Randolph Lovelace now had 12 more women pilots who qualified for the testing the first seven male astronauts had undergone. The 12 joined with Jerrie Cobb in the program that came to be known as the Mercury 13….

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Dr. Randolph Lovelace | Jerrie Cobb | Mercury 13 | Sarah Byrn Rickman | Sarah Gorelick Ratley | women pilots

1957: A Woman in Space?
Bysarahbyrn June 5, 2020April 22, 2022

The Space Race: Who Gets to Go First? In 1957, when the space race began, aviation was a man’s field. On October 4, that year, the world was turned on its head, never to be the same again. The Russians launched Sputnik 1 and space flight was born. The 23-inch-in-diameter sphere with two sets of…

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