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February 8, 2021
The Mercury 13 Anniversary
The Mercury 13 - Sixty Years After
Our 99s Museum of Women Pilots (MWP) commemorats the 60thAnniversary of the Mercury 13 program with a virtual celebration on Saturday, February 27, 2021, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. CST.
Tickets will be available through Eventbrite.com. Admission is $25 for adults and $15 for students through 12th grade.
"First Lady Astronaut Trainees" Gene Nora Jessen and Wally Funk will participate in the live event hosted on Go-To-Webinar. Other participants include keynote speaker Col. Eileen Collins, USAF Ret., the first woman to command the NASA Space Shuttle, and Alyssa Carson, the 19-year-old who has worked endlessly towards being an astronaut since the age of three. Emcee for the event will be Janet Ivey of the Emmy Award-winning PBS series "Janet's Planet."
For more information, send email to 99sMuseum@gmail.com. Please help promote this event for the MWP.
