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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.
May 26, 1951 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 February 1945, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
February 5, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA
15 January 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
9 December 1952, Luling, Texas, USA
30 July 1964, South Bend, Indiana, USA
August 17, 1960 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
27 August 1908, Stonewall, Texas, USA
