Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995
Full Description:
Exuberant and thrilled to be at the Kennedy Space Center, seven women who once aspired to fly into space stand outside Launch Pad 39B neat the Space Shuttle Discovery, poised for liftoff on the first flight of 1995. They are members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees (FLATs, also known as the "Mercury 13"), a group of women who trained to become astronauts for Americas first human spaceflight program back in the early 1960s. Although this FLATs effort was never an official NASA program, their commitment helped pave the way for the milestone Eileen Collins set: becoming the first female Shuttle pilot. Visiting the space center as invited guests of STS-63 Pilot Eileen Collins are (from left): Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman.
Date:
02/02/1995
NASA Center:
Kennedy Space Center
Subject Category:
Women
Subject Category:
Mercury-Program
Keywords:
Space
Keywords:
Collins
Keywords:
Kennedy
Keywords:
Center
Keywords:
Launch
Keywords:
KSC
Keywords:
Mercury
Keywords:
Pad
Keywords:
First
Keywords:
Lady
Keywords:
13
Keywords:
Astronaut
Keywords:
39B
Keywords:
Discovery
Keywords:
STS-63
Keywords:
Cobb
Keywords:
Trainees
Keywords:
FLATs
Keywords:
Jessen
Keywords:
Funk
Keywords:
Truhill
Keywords:
Rutley
Keywords:
Cagle
Keywords:
KESteadman
Keywords:
Eileen
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Mercury
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Mercury
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_who:
Eileen Collins
facet_when:
1995
facet_when:
02-02-1995
facet_when_year:
1995
Image #:
KSC-95PC-277
original_url:
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0196
Center:
KSC
Center Number:
KSC-95PC-277
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000196
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL

Seven Members of the First Lady Astronaut Trainees in 1995