Narrated by Eileen Collins, the first woman commander of a Space Shuttle, this episode chronicles the story of women in the ultimate Man’s World: the labs and Shuttle crew cabins of NASA. Told in the first person, we explore the experiences of NASA’s first woman engineers, scientists, and first astronauts. We also hear about the fascinating story of a group of women pilots who – in the early 1960s – were led to believe that they would be America’s first female astronauts, and were even given the same physical tests as the Mercury astronauts.
From award-winning public radio producer Richard Paul, a five-part series throughout the month of July 2019 will take you back behind the scenes of putting an American on the Moon, and provide insight on the space program, political movements, and social movements of the 1960's.
The Lunar Landing: “Rocket Girls and Astro-nettes”
