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Akron Woman Predicts Women in Orbit Within a Decade
Akron's Jean Hixson, once among 13 top female aviators tested for NASA's Mercury program, says women will fly in space within ten years. She endured 87 tests including a 32 degree water challenge and a 180 pulse rate endurance test, and later faced program cancellation before further training could begin.
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Akron
Jean Hixson
NASA
Hoopeston
Ill
Women's Air Force Service
WASP
Air Force Reserve
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Jerri Cobb
Miss Hixson
Miss Cobb
Oklahoma City
Pensacola
Lovelace
Jane Hart
Phili Hart
D-Mich