Part 3 of Are We Over the Moon?, featuring Al Hallonquist, aerospace historian, discussing how NASA trained 13 women for space exploration in the early ’60s.

Are We Over the Moon?:
Part 1: Gene Cernan / Last Man on the Moon
Part 2: John Logsdon / Space Race
Part 3: Al Hallonquist / Mercury 13
Part 4: Sarah Ratley / Almost Astronaut
Part 5: Bob Richards / Moon Express
Part 6: Dan Durda / Future Moon

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