Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend Lauren Sánchez confirmed their relationship and discussed their plans for the future in a revealing in a new interview.
Sánchez said she is planning to go to space in 2023, but not with Bezos. The news anchor and helicopter pilot said she wanted to take “a great group of females” with her to space, she told CNN.
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Bezos and Sanchez talked about some of their plans for the future. Sanchez said she wanted to take “a great group of females” with her to space.
Bezos went to space in 2021 on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, accompanied by his brother Mark, astronaut Wally Funk and then-18-year-old Oliver Daemen, who became the youngest person to go to space.
During the interview, the multibillionaire also discussed his net worth and some of his plans for philanthropic ventures in the future.
Sánchez said she is planning to go to space in 2023, but not with Bezos. The news anchor and helicopter pilot said she wanted to take “a great group of females” with her to space, she told CNN.
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Bezos and Sanchez talked about some of their plans for the future. Sanchez said she wanted to take “a great group of females” with her to space.
Bezos went to space in 2021 on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, accompanied by his brother Mark, astronaut Wally Funk and then-18-year-old Oliver Daemen, who became the youngest person to go to space.
During the interview, the multibillionaire also discussed his net worth and some of his plans for philanthropic ventures in the future.
- 11/21/2022
- by Miranda Dipaolo
- Uinterview
Pete Davidson, the”Saturday Night Live” comedian, is joining the crew of Jeff Bezos’ next Blue Origin flight, set for March 23. This marks the fourth human flight launched by the private spaceflight company and its 20th overall.
Announced on Monday, Davidson’s fellow crew members will be Party America CEO Marty Allen; philanthropist and real estate mogul Marc Hagle and his wife, Sharon Hagle; University of North Carolina professor Jim Kitchen; and Dr. George Nield, president of Commercial Space Technologies.
#NewShepard mission #NS20 will include Marty Allen, @Nbcsnl’s Pete Davidson, @SharonHagle, Marc Hagle, @JimKitchen, and @DrGeorgeNield. Liftoff on March 23 is targeted for 8:30 am Cdt / 13:30 Utc from Launch Site One. Read more...
Announced on Monday, Davidson’s fellow crew members will be Party America CEO Marty Allen; philanthropist and real estate mogul Marc Hagle and his wife, Sharon Hagle; University of North Carolina professor Jim Kitchen; and Dr. George Nield, president of Commercial Space Technologies.
#NewShepard mission #NS20 will include Marty Allen, @Nbcsnl’s Pete Davidson, @SharonHagle, Marc Hagle, @JimKitchen, and @DrGeorgeNield. Liftoff on March 23 is targeted for 8:30 am Cdt / 13:30 Utc from Launch Site One. Read more...
- 3/14/2022
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Jeff Bezos’ next Blue Origin space flight has announced its crew.
Among the six people blasting off into space is “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan, in addition to five other passengers. Strahan made the announcement on Tuesday morning’s “GMA.”
Blue Origin’s next flight is scheduled for December 9. The other space-faring crew members are Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, who was the first American astronaut to enter space; venture capitalist Lane Bess and his son, Cameron; investor Evan Dick; and Dylan Taylor, CEO of Voyager Space.
The upcoming launch will be the first time a Blue Origin flight has operated at full capacity with six passengers. Bess and his son will also make history as the first parent and child to go into space together.
This will be the third Blue Origin flight this year, following a July debut that brought Bezos to space...
Among the six people blasting off into space is “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan, in addition to five other passengers. Strahan made the announcement on Tuesday morning’s “GMA.”
Blue Origin’s next flight is scheduled for December 9. The other space-faring crew members are Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of Alan Shepard, who was the first American astronaut to enter space; venture capitalist Lane Bess and his son, Cameron; investor Evan Dick; and Dylan Taylor, CEO of Voyager Space.
The upcoming launch will be the first time a Blue Origin flight has operated at full capacity with six passengers. Bess and his son will also make history as the first parent and child to go into space together.
This will be the third Blue Origin flight this year, following a July debut that brought Bezos to space...
- 11/23/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
William Shatner has reached the final frontier.
At 90 years old, the “Star Trek” actor entered space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle on Wednesday morning, becoming the oldest person in history to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Also on board the second Blue Origin flight were Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs; Glen de Vries, the co-founder of Medidata; and Audrey Power, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations. The shuttle lifted off from Launch Site One in Texas, taking its passengers 62 miles above Earth’s surface and past the Kármán line, the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. Shatner and the crew will experience around four minutes of weightlessness on board the shuttle.
The flight was originally set to take off on Tuesday, but it was delayed a few days ago due to bad weather and heavy winds.
At 90 years old, the “Star Trek” actor entered space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space shuttle on Wednesday morning, becoming the oldest person in history to boldly go where no man has gone before.
Also on board the second Blue Origin flight were Chris Boshuizen, a former NASA engineer and co-founder of Planet Labs; Glen de Vries, the co-founder of Medidata; and Audrey Power, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations. The shuttle lifted off from Launch Site One in Texas, taking its passengers 62 miles above Earth’s surface and past the Kármán line, the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. Shatner and the crew will experience around four minutes of weightlessness on board the shuttle.
The flight was originally set to take off on Tuesday, but it was delayed a few days ago due to bad weather and heavy winds.
- 10/13/2021
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin announced it was delaying an upcoming flight that was meant to carry “Star Trek” actor William Shatner aboard. The delay was made due to anticipated winds. The flight was originally scheduled for Oct. 12.
“Due to forecasted winds on Tuesday, Oct. 12, Blue Origin’s mission operations team has made the decision to delay the launch of Ns-18 and is now targeting Wednesday, Oct. 13,” a Blue Origin spokeswoman said in a statement. The new flight is target to lift off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Texas on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m Cst.
Shatner, famously known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s TV series “Star Trek,” is set to become the first member of the show’s cast to make the journey to space. Perhaps more notably, Shatner, at the age of 90 years old, will also be the oldest person to ever go to space.
“Due to forecasted winds on Tuesday, Oct. 12, Blue Origin’s mission operations team has made the decision to delay the launch of Ns-18 and is now targeting Wednesday, Oct. 13,” a Blue Origin spokeswoman said in a statement. The new flight is target to lift off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Texas on Wednesday at 8:30 a.m Cst.
Shatner, famously known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s TV series “Star Trek,” is set to become the first member of the show’s cast to make the journey to space. Perhaps more notably, Shatner, at the age of 90 years old, will also be the oldest person to ever go to space.
- 10/10/2021
- by Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Life imitates… art?
William Shatner, famous for portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek” TV series in the ’60s, will join the crew of Blue Origin’s next space flight on Oct. 12. At the age of 90, he is set to become the oldest person to fly into space. Blue Origin is the aerospace company owned by Amazon founder and multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, who himself launched into orbit on one of the company’s rockets this summer.
“I’ve heard about space for a long time now,” Shatner said in a statement Monday provided by Blue Origin. “I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle.”
The actor-director-producer-singer-horseman is officially part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard Ns-18 flight, whose passengers will include Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s VP of mission and flight operations, alongside crewmates Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries.
The Oct. 12 flight comes...
William Shatner, famous for portraying Captain Kirk on the original “Star Trek” TV series in the ’60s, will join the crew of Blue Origin’s next space flight on Oct. 12. At the age of 90, he is set to become the oldest person to fly into space. Blue Origin is the aerospace company owned by Amazon founder and multibillionaire Jeff Bezos, who himself launched into orbit on one of the company’s rockets this summer.
“I’ve heard about space for a long time now,” Shatner said in a statement Monday provided by Blue Origin. “I’m taking the opportunity to see it for myself. What a miracle.”
The actor-director-producer-singer-horseman is officially part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard Ns-18 flight, whose passengers will include Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s VP of mission and flight operations, alongside crewmates Chris Boshuizen and Glen de Vries.
The Oct. 12 flight comes...
- 10/4/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
In the Season 47 premiere of Saturday Night Live, the sketch-comedy series took aim at the absurdities of the billionaire space race, with host Owen Wilson’s brother stopping by to help skewer rich, white vanity.
In the new aptly titled short “Star Trek: Ego Quest,” Jeff Bezos (Owen Wilson) and “his crew of random weirdos” got their Kirk and Spock on as they gallivanted through outer space. Luke Wilson played Bezos’ unnamed brother and first mate, while Andrew Dismukes appeared as the vessel’s science officer (aka some “rich kid from the Netherlands”) and Heidi Gardner took on 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk.
In the new aptly titled short “Star Trek: Ego Quest,” Jeff Bezos (Owen Wilson) and “his crew of random weirdos” got their Kirk and Spock on as they gallivanted through outer space. Luke Wilson played Bezos’ unnamed brother and first mate, while Andrew Dismukes appeared as the vessel’s science officer (aka some “rich kid from the Netherlands”) and Heidi Gardner took on 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk.
- 10/3/2021
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
The planet’s richest man got his very own Star Trek series, tonight on Saturday Night Live.
“For decades, the Star Trek franchise has brought you unforgettable voyages from the final frontier,” observed the narrator of its trailer. “Now, the tradition continues with a new ship, a new crew and a new captain, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.”
“Dude, space is freaking awesome!” says host Owen Wilson’s Bezos.
The new series is titled Star Trek: Ego Quest. It will, of course, follow “the voyages of the SS New Shepard and its crew of random weirdos,” including First Mate Jeff Bezos’ Brother Whose Name Escapes Me (a bald Luke Wilson), Science Officer Rich Kid From The Netherlands (Andrew Dismukes) and 82-year-old astronaut Wally Funk (Heidi Gardner), who complains, “I’m tired!”
The mission of this crew? “To just sort of fly around space goofing off, in a ship that looks like a penis,...
“For decades, the Star Trek franchise has brought you unforgettable voyages from the final frontier,” observed the narrator of its trailer. “Now, the tradition continues with a new ship, a new crew and a new captain, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.”
“Dude, space is freaking awesome!” says host Owen Wilson’s Bezos.
The new series is titled Star Trek: Ego Quest. It will, of course, follow “the voyages of the SS New Shepard and its crew of random weirdos,” including First Mate Jeff Bezos’ Brother Whose Name Escapes Me (a bald Luke Wilson), Science Officer Rich Kid From The Netherlands (Andrew Dismukes) and 82-year-old astronaut Wally Funk (Heidi Gardner), who complains, “I’m tired!”
The mission of this crew? “To just sort of fly around space goofing off, in a ship that looks like a penis,...
- 10/3/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos went to space Tuesday morning with a little less pomp and circumstance (and branding) than his competitor, Richard Branson. Scenes from #NSFirstHumanFlight astronaut load. pic.twitter.com/L7u1ZaYn60 — Blue Origin (@blueorigin) July 20, 2021 The four passengers, now astronauts, boarded New Shepherd around 8:30 a.m., walking across the adjacent tower’s bridge in their […]
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- 7/20/2021
- by Madeline Hoverkamp
- Uinterview
Wearing earplugs, a swimsuit, and a belt made of foam rubber that cradled the small of her back, Wally Funk stretched out in the water, spread-eagle, and got comfortable. Then it hit her: She couldn’t feel a thing. She splashed some water on her face — still nothing.
Prior to getting into the sensory deprivation tank, the researchers instructed Funk to lay there as long as she could. So that’s exactly what she did — for 10 hours and 35 minutes.
“This is what they thought space travel would be like,” Funk says in a 2018 documentary.
Prior to getting into the sensory deprivation tank, the researchers instructed Funk to lay there as long as she could. So that’s exactly what she did — for 10 hours and 35 minutes.
“This is what they thought space travel would be like,” Funk says in a 2018 documentary.
- 7/20/2021
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers successfully reached the lower regions of space in New Shepard, a re-usable craft developed by the entrepreneur’s Blue Origin aerospace company, a new step in efforts to commercialize space flight and open potential trips to the cosmos to a broader array of visitors.
Bezos was joined in his quest by his brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old who previously took part in NASA’s Mercury program, but was unable to get into space herself; and Oliver Daemen, a Dutch student just 18 years old.
The event was broadcast by Blue Origin itself, and U.S. TV networks had to use the private footage. But the passengers could be heard marveling at the sights and sounds of their brief but important journey and also checking safety protocols. “Best. Day. Ever.” Bezos could be heard uttering after landing.
Bezos’ flight takes place just days after another self-made billionaire,...
Bezos was joined in his quest by his brother, Mark Bezos; Wally Funk, an 82-year-old who previously took part in NASA’s Mercury program, but was unable to get into space herself; and Oliver Daemen, a Dutch student just 18 years old.
The event was broadcast by Blue Origin itself, and U.S. TV networks had to use the private footage. But the passengers could be heard marveling at the sights and sounds of their brief but important journey and also checking safety protocols. “Best. Day. Ever.” Bezos could be heard uttering after landing.
Bezos’ flight takes place just days after another self-made billionaire,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Update 06:54 Am Pt: Jeff Bezos’ first trip to the edges of space was significant enough to draw coverage from all the major cable news and traditional broadcast networks, relying on the captivating Blue Origin footage of the launch, flight and landing.
“It’s amazing how short this adventure was,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said after it was clear that Bezos and fellow astronauts were safe at the Texas landing site.
“Yeah, Anderson, but it is still kind of scary, when you are talking about rockets,” Miles O’Brien, aviation analyst who had long covered the NASA space program for the network.
The coverage had some shades of the past, what with some veteran astronauts providing commentary against the anticipation of countdown clocks. But the differences were especially apparent when CNN and other networks patched in audio from the capsule, hoots and cheering could be heard during the brief period of weightlessness,...
“It’s amazing how short this adventure was,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper said after it was clear that Bezos and fellow astronauts were safe at the Texas landing site.
“Yeah, Anderson, but it is still kind of scary, when you are talking about rockets,” Miles O’Brien, aviation analyst who had long covered the NASA space program for the network.
The coverage had some shades of the past, what with some veteran astronauts providing commentary against the anticipation of countdown clocks. But the differences were especially apparent when CNN and other networks patched in audio from the capsule, hoots and cheering could be heard during the brief period of weightlessness,...
- 7/20/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos launched into space on Tuesday, carried aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft in its first human flight.
Bezos, the richest person in the world, was joined by his brother, Mark Bezos, female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and a Dutch student, Oliver Daemen.
There was no live video from the capsule as it passed the Kármán line, but there was audio, with shouts of “Wow!” and “Woohoo!” audible from the astronauts. “Oh my word,” Funk could be heard saying.
At 82 years old, Funk is the oldest person to go into ...
Bezos, the richest person in the world, was joined by his brother, Mark Bezos, female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and a Dutch student, Oliver Daemen.
There was no live video from the capsule as it passed the Kármán line, but there was audio, with shouts of “Wow!” and “Woohoo!” audible from the astronauts. “Oh my word,” Funk could be heard saying.
At 82 years old, Funk is the oldest person to go into ...
- 7/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Amazon founder and executive chairman Jeff Bezos launched into space on Tuesday, carried aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft in its first human flight.
Bezos, the richest person in the world, was joined by his brother, Mark Bezos, female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and a Dutch student, Oliver Daemen.
There was no live video from the capsule as it passed the Kármán line, but there was audio, with shouts of “Wow!” and “Woohoo!” audible from the astronauts. “Oh my word,” Funk could be heard saying.
At 82 years old, Funk is the oldest person to go into ...
Bezos, the richest person in the world, was joined by his brother, Mark Bezos, female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, and a Dutch student, Oliver Daemen.
There was no live video from the capsule as it passed the Kármán line, but there was audio, with shouts of “Wow!” and “Woohoo!” audible from the astronauts. “Oh my word,” Funk could be heard saying.
At 82 years old, Funk is the oldest person to go into ...
- 7/20/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The first manned commercial spaceflight of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is all systems go, with the space company’s reusable launch vehicle New Shepard set for liftoff Tuesday morning.
Specifically, Blue Origin hopes to ascend to the heavens on Tuesday, July 20, from Launch Site One in the West Texas desert. A live broadcast walking up to the liftoff starts at 6:30 a.m. Cdt/4:30 a.m. Pt. The actual ignition is scheduled 90 minutes later, at 8 a.m. Cdt/5 a.m. Pt. As of Sunday, weather was not a constraint to launch and New Shepard is expected to launch on time.
Marking the significance of Bezos’ first flight to space, major cable news networks are planning live coverage, as well as the traditional broadcast networks. Craig Melvin will anchor on NBC, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will lead CBS’s coverage, and Robin Roberts and George Stephanopolous will anchor on...
Specifically, Blue Origin hopes to ascend to the heavens on Tuesday, July 20, from Launch Site One in the West Texas desert. A live broadcast walking up to the liftoff starts at 6:30 a.m. Cdt/4:30 a.m. Pt. The actual ignition is scheduled 90 minutes later, at 8 a.m. Cdt/5 a.m. Pt. As of Sunday, weather was not a constraint to launch and New Shepard is expected to launch on time.
Marking the significance of Bezos’ first flight to space, major cable news networks are planning live coverage, as well as the traditional broadcast networks. Craig Melvin will anchor on NBC, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell will lead CBS’s coverage, and Robin Roberts and George Stephanopolous will anchor on...
- 7/20/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The writers behind The Simpsons have struck again.
Their uncanny prophetic abilities were reaffirmed on July 11, when Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made his voyage into space.
Branson’s journey was forecast by Fox’s long-running animated comedy back in the 15th installment of Season 25, which aired on March 23, 2014.
In the episode, titled “The War of Art,” art forger Klaus Ziegler (voiced by the late Max von Sydow) boasts about his work to Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith), claiming that his forgeries “give pleasure to people all over the world.”
Numerous cutaways prove his point. Among them is one of Branson, who is seen admiring a painting, while floating in the interior of a spaceship.
The billionaire’s expedition is the latest in a series of real-world happenings predicted by The Simpsons, during its 30-plus years on the air. Others include the 2003 Siegfried and Roy tiger attack, Disney’s acquisition of...
Their uncanny prophetic abilities were reaffirmed on July 11, when Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson made his voyage into space.
Branson’s journey was forecast by Fox’s long-running animated comedy back in the 15th installment of Season 25, which aired on March 23, 2014.
In the episode, titled “The War of Art,” art forger Klaus Ziegler (voiced by the late Max von Sydow) boasts about his work to Lisa Simpson (Yeardley Smith), claiming that his forgeries “give pleasure to people all over the world.”
Numerous cutaways prove his point. Among them is one of Branson, who is seen admiring a painting, while floating in the interior of a spaceship.
The billionaire’s expedition is the latest in a series of real-world happenings predicted by The Simpsons, during its 30-plus years on the air. Others include the 2003 Siegfried and Roy tiger attack, Disney’s acquisition of...
- 7/15/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
In the race to be the first billionaire in space, Richard Branson is now the odds-on favorite.
The brash Britisher, the founder of Virgin Galactic, said today he will fly into space aboard his company’s Vss Unity rocketplane on July 11, beating Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos into sub-orbital space by nine days.
Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Bezos’ Blue Origin are battling to to become the leaders in space tourism, with both hoping to offer short rides just above the discernible atmosphere for a few minutes of weightlessness.
The flights will have a serious side as well, with researchers, government experiments and space technology tests also part of the business plan.
There are no economy class tickets on these rides. It’s anticipated that a trip will cost between $250,000 and $500,000 per trip. There’s already a waiting list of people who have deposits on file with Virgin.
Blue Origin has set...
The brash Britisher, the founder of Virgin Galactic, said today he will fly into space aboard his company’s Vss Unity rocketplane on July 11, beating Amazon-founder Jeff Bezos into sub-orbital space by nine days.
Branson’s Virgin Galactic and Bezos’ Blue Origin are battling to to become the leaders in space tourism, with both hoping to offer short rides just above the discernible atmosphere for a few minutes of weightlessness.
The flights will have a serious side as well, with researchers, government experiments and space technology tests also part of the business plan.
There are no economy class tickets on these rides. It’s anticipated that a trip will cost between $250,000 and $500,000 per trip. There’s already a waiting list of people who have deposits on file with Virgin.
Blue Origin has set...
- 7/2/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
MaryAnn’s quick take… An essential documentary look at yet another example of historical feminism that should never have been forgotten: the first American in space might have and probably should have been a woman. I’m “biast” (pro): big space nerd; desperate for stories about real women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
You’ve heard of the Mercury 7. They were America’s first astronauts: the first to sit atop a rocket and get shot into space, the first to experience zero gravity, the first to orbit our planet. They were the subject of the multiple-Oscar-winning film The Right Stuff, based on the bestselling book of the same name. They were global celebrities for their exploits in the 1960s and remain national heroes to this day.
The Mercury 7 were all men.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
You’ve heard of the Mercury 7. They were America’s first astronauts: the first to sit atop a rocket and get shot into space, the first to experience zero gravity, the first to orbit our planet. They were the subject of the multiple-Oscar-winning film The Right Stuff, based on the bestselling book of the same name. They were global celebrities for their exploits in the 1960s and remain national heroes to this day.
The Mercury 7 were all men.
- 4/23/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Some of the women who were tested and trained the same as the Mercury 7 astronauts before Nasa shut the unofficial program down, the topic of the Netflix documentary Mercury 13, premiering on April 20. Photo courtesy of Netflix and Falco Ink.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
Did you know that there were a group of women pilots who went through the same testing and training as the male pilots who became Nasa’s first astronauts, the Mercury 7? Despite the fact that 13 of the women achieved the same scores or even higher than the men chosen as astronauts, none of the women were even considered for the space program.
Likely most of you answered no, which is why this hidden bit of history makes such a good subject for Mercury 13, a documentary debuting on Netflix on April 20. Hidden Figures uncovered the untold story of mathematically-gifted women who played key roles in Nasa’s space program yet went unrecognized or worse.
- 4/20/2018
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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