Tag: Mercury 13
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‘Mercury 13’ Trailer: The Untold Story of Female Pilots Who Secretly Reached for the Stars
There was a time when being an astronaut was the dream of many Americans. However, all of the talk was about putting the first person in space, and all of the astronauts being sent up in rockets and landing on the moon were men. But there were plenty of women who wanted a chance to…
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Netflix’s ‘Mercury 13’ Trailer: These Women Trained to Be Astronauts But Never Saw Space — Watch
Netflix will attempt to preempt Amazon’s planned narrative miniseries on a group of Kennedy-era, aspiring female astronauts — “Mercury 13” — with a documentary of the same name. The Netflix offering features interviews with pilots who underwent physical and psychological testing in 1961 as part of a privately-funded secret program. The program was not Nasa…
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‘Mercury 13’ Trailer: Learn About The Hidden Women Of Nasa’s Mercury Project
The documentary “Mercury 13” could be seen as a companion piece to the award-winning film, “Hidden Figures.” However, while “Hidden Figures” told the triumphant tale of the women behind the math and engineering aspects of Nasa, ultimately to become integral to the space program in the ‘60s, “Mercury 13” looks to tell a similar story,…