Unfortunately, no woman has visited the Moon until now. At the time of Apollo Mission between 1969-72, there were no women in the U.S. astronaut corps. So the 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon until now were men.
In the process, women were still training to be astronauts in the early days of U.S. spaceflight. In the early 1960s, a group of women — known as the Mercury 13 — went through the same extensive battery of tests than their male colleagues. The program ended in 1962, before any of the women made it to space. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to make sure the first US-American in space was strong and masculine, in order to actively compete with the Soviet Union. At the bottom of a memo about the program, Johnson wrote “Let’s Stop This Now!” in uncharacteristically large handwriting.
Unfortunately, no woman has visited the Moon until now. At the time of Apollo Mission between 1969-72, there were no women in the U.S. astronaut corps. So the 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon until now were men.
In the process, women were still training to be astronauts in the early days of U.S. spaceflight. In the early 1960s, a group of women — known as the Mercury 13 — went through the same extensive battery of tests than their male colleagues. The program ended in 1962, before any of the women made it to space. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to make sure the first US-American in space was strong and masculine, in order to actively compete with the Soviet Union. At the bottom of a memo about the program, Johnson wrote “Let’s Stop This Now!” in uncharacteristically large handwriting.
Unfortunately, no woman has visited the Moon until now. At the time of Apollo Mission between 1969-72, there were no women in the U.S. astronaut corps. So the 12 astronauts who walked on the Moon until now were men.
In the process, women were still training to be astronauts in the early days of U.S. spaceflight. In the early 1960s, a group of women — known as the Mercury 13 — went through the same extensive battery of tests than their male colleagues. The program ended in 1962, before any of the women made it to space. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson wanted to make sure the first US-American in space was strong and masculine, in order to actively compete with the Soviet Union. At the bottom of a memo about the program, Johnson wrote “Let’s Stop This Now!” in uncharacteristically large handwriting.
