"In this 1995 file photo, members of the FLATs, also known as the ""Mercury 13,"" gather for a photo as they attend a shuttle launch in Florida. From left are Gene Nora Jessen, Wally Funk, Jerrie Cobb, Jerri Truhill, Sarah Rutley, Myrtle Cagle and Bernice Steadman. They were the invited guests of space shuttle pilot Eileen Collins, the first female shuttle pilot and later the first female shuttle commander. Cobb, NASA's first female astronaut candidate, died in Florida at the age of 88 on March 18, 2019. (NASA via AP)"
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