Some of the women who were tested and trained the same as the Mercury 7 astronauts before Nasa shut the unofficial program down, the topic of the Netflix documentary Mercury 13, premiering on April 20. Photo courtesy of Netflix and Falco Ink.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
- 4/20/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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