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Topic:	1973 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby' patch

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>space4u</TD><TD>I need help for the identification of a patch that has a blue background and a red outline and says "NASA 73" and "You've come a long way baby!" There's also a R and N inside of flight wings and the number 12 in the center of the patch.<center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/nasa73_rn_long_way_patch02.jpg" width="400" height="400" border="0"></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>KSCartist</TD><TD>That's a NASA Nurse patch.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>space4u</TD><TD>Was it ever used for anything specific?</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>spacy</TD><TD>That's the info I found: <BLOCKQUOTE>This patch was designed and ordered by 12 nurses who went through NASA astronaut training in 1973. The 12 passed with "flying colors" but were never given the option of joining the program.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>space4u</TD><TD>Thanks for the information everyone!</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>perineau</TD><TD>Does anyone have the names of these 12 nurses? I've contacted different "women in space" websites and NASA with no success. Any help would be most appreciated! (It's for a space history project.)</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>blbjorkwv</TD><TD>AB Emblem has a patch <A HREF="https://space.abemblem.com/products/nasa-73" TARGET=_blank>on their site</A> for “12 nurses who went through NASA astronaut training in 1973. The 12 passed with 'flying colors' but were never given the option of joining the program." When I initially bought one, it was just the round design and they have since added the "female" tag to their round design which matches the older ones I have acquired. I've been looking for information about these nurses but I cannot find anything. Hopefully someone can help me. Thanks in advance.<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/nasa73_rn_long_way_patch01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/nasa73_rn_long_way_patch01.jpg" width="400" height="400" border="0"></a></center>Editor's note: Threads merged.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>thisismills</TD><TD>I believe that an article was written about a group of 12 nurses and published in the Nov. 23, 1973 issue of the NASA JSC Roundup. Their names are listed in the caption under the photo.See article on page 2: <a href="https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/roundups/issues/73-11-23.pdf" target="AirLock">Roundup 1973-11-23</a>A clearer version of the photo <a href="https://live.staticflickr.com/7189/7142898123_65c4c2d862_b.jpg" target="AirLock">here</a>.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>blbjorkwv</TD><TD>I received three emails today from a member giving the bios and photos of the 12 RNs. Thanks for the info! </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>SPACEFACTS</TD><TD>I've added short biographies with photos of all 12 women at <A HREF="http://www.spacefacts.de/english/bio_cand.htm" TARGET=_blank>Spacefacts.de</A>. Please scoll down to "USA" and then to "USAF nurses."</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>capoetc</TD><TD>I do not know what training the 12 nurses went through, but it would certainly not have been all of the training.I will make the assumption (probably a safe one) that the nurses were female. In 1973, the requirement still was in place for astronauts to be trained as military pilots. Since military pilot training was not open to women until much later, it is unlikely that they were sent to USAF pilot training as part of the training that they passed with flying colors.A complete guess would be that they went through some kind of medical assessment related to the Skylab program?EDIT: The Roundup article states that they were flight nurses undergoing medical testing as part of the Space Shuttle program.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>oly</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by capoetc: I do not know what training the 12 nurses went through, but it would certainly not have been all of the training. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Reading the above referenced article shows that they underwent 5 weeks of medical tests at NASA's AMES Research Centre and then goes on to describe the type of tests carried out.The tests were to help set medical standards for candidates for flight on the Space Shuttle.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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