Mercury 13: the untold story of women testing for spaceflight in the 1960s

In a new Netflix documentary, the tales of 13 female pilots who dreamed of becoming astronauts yet were denied the opportunity by Nasa are finally brought to lightWhen Neil Armstrong clambered down on to the surface of the moon, he famously declared that he had taken “one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind”.But what if that one small step had been taken by a woman? What kind of leap would that have represented, at a time when the American public was waking up to women ’s rights?Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 18, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Adam Gabbatt Tags: Documentary Nasa Netflix Film Culture Science Space US news Source Type: news