Mercury 13 - Sarah Byrn Rickman

Mercury 13

Wally Funk, 3 Guys, Ride Blue Horizon to Doorstep of Space

Bysarahbyrn July 22, 2021July 22, 2022

Dateline: Tuesday, July 20, Colorado Springs… Normally a late riser —never before 8 — I set my alarm this morning for 5:45. My friend and first fight instructor, Wally Funk, was lifting off on a Space Flight and I wanted to watch. Wally posing in a space suit. I was on the computer by 6:15…

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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