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Geraldyn ("Jerrie") Cobb training on Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF), or “gimbal rig,” at the NASA Lewis Research Center (now the John H. Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a privately owned research institute. It was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be potential Project Mercury astronauts. Dr. William Lovelace also independently tested women for astronaut…

Pictured is an aerial view of the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a privately owned research institute, and it was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be potential Project Mercury astronauts. Dr. William Lovelace also…

A portrait of Jane Hart, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Sarah Gorelick Ratley, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Jean Hixson, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Janet Dietrich, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Bernice “B” Steadman, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Marion Dietrich, a member of the Mercury 13.

A portrait of Rhea Hurrle Allison Woltman, a member of the Mercury 13.