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Rhea Hurrle Allison Woltman (1928–2021), one of the first female astronaut candidates

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Rhea Hurrle Allison Woltman was a pilot who was one of the Mercury 13, the women who were tested as potential astronaut candidates in the early 1960s.Woltman became a pilot at a young age, and in 1959, she was among 21 women who were recruited to take the same tests that were being undergone by male astronaut candidates at NASA.

Woltman was among the 13 women who passed preliminary tests and became known as the Mercury 13. The name was a reflection of the male candidates, who were called the Mercury Seven – but Jerrie Cobb (1931–2019), the program’s standout candidate, playfully dubbed them the FLATs, or First Lady Astronaut Trainees.

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