The Ladies...



    The First Woman in Space - Valentina Tereshkova and Vostok 6...The Russians beat us on June 16, 1963, although we had already had a group of women pass the physical and psychological tests 3 years PRIOR to the Tereshkova flight - the very SAME physical and psychological tests that selected the original Mercury 7.

    These are the Mercury 13 ladies - click on any name for an individual biography.
      Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb

      Bernice "Bea" Steadman

      Janey Hart

      Geraldine "Jerri" Sloan Truhill

      Rhea Allison Woltman

      Sarah Lee Gorelick Ratley

      Jan & Marion Dietrich

      Myrtle Cagle

      Irene Leverton

      Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen

      Jean Hixson

      Wally Funk



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