Mercury 13: the untold story of women testing for spaceflight in the 1960s
by Adam Gabbatt from on (#3N2GS)
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 light
When 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".
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