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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.
5 October 1958, New York City, New York, USA
15 December 1961, Centerville, Illinois, USA
3 March 1920, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
October 23, 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
24 January 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
23 October 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1951
21 February 1940, Troy, Alabama, USA
12 December 1967, Richmond, Virginia, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, USA
