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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.
3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
5 April 1973, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
19 August 1921, El Paso, Texas, USA
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
14 September 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA
12 June 1924, Milton, Massachusetts, USA