Woman in Motion
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing astronauts who became the first Black, Asian and Latino men and women to fly in space.
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6 February 1911, Tampico, Illinois, USA
5 April 1973, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
12 December 1967, Richmond, Virginia, USA
20 January 1920, Toccoa, Georgia, USA
20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 17, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
February 5, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA
October 23, 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
23 October 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
25 March 1939, Sussex, New Jersey, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
15 December 1961, Centerville, Illinois, USA
15 August 1938, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
22 September 1981, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
27 August 1908, Stonewall, Texas, USA
21 February 1940, Troy, Alabama, USA
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
5 April 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
