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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 April 1973, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
3 October 1954, Brooklyn, New York, USA
August 19, 1946 in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
21 February 1940, Troy, Alabama, USA
17 October 1956, Decatur, Alabama, USA
October 23, 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 January 1944, Chicago, Illinois, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
5 October 1958, New York City, New York, USA
23 October 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
August 17, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
12 December 1967, Richmond, Virginia, USA
5 April 1933, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 February 1945, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
13 November 1955, New York City, New York, USA
28 December 1932, Robbins, Illinois, USA
5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
