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Black and white photograph of Myrtle Thompson Cagle strapped to a tilt table, supervised by a woman in a white nurse's uniform and a man wearing black pants with a white shirt during the Woman in Space testing.

Black and white photograph of Myrtle Thompson Cagle seated on a bike breathing into an apparatus, wearing a monogrammed white shirt and black shorts. She is monitored by a woman in a white lab coat during Woman in Space testing.

Black and white photograph of Jerrie Cobb in a radiation machine, supervised by a man in a white lab coat, during Woman in Space testing.

Black and white photograph of Jean Hixson breathing into a tube while seated in a chair during Woman in Space testing. Hixson wears a long polka-dotted dress with sandals.

Black and white aerial photograph of the Lovelace Clinic complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Includes multiple buildings and roads

A privately owned research institute, the Lovelace Clinic was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be…

Black and white photograph of the front of an adobe-style building. Sign on the front of the building reads "Lovelace Clinic"

A privately owned research institute the Lovelace Clinic was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be potential…