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Topic: 1973 'You've Come a Long Way, Baby' patch
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space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-31-2007 06:00 PM
   
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. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-01-2007 07:05 AM
That's a NASA Nurse patch. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-01-2007 03:54 PM
Was it ever used for anything specific? |
spacy
Member Posts: 14
From: Karlsruhe, southwest Germany
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 02-02-2007 11:18 AM
That's the info I found: 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. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-03-2007 07:43 PM
Thanks for the information everyone! |
perineau
Member Posts: 219
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-18-2008 01:45 PM
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.) |
blbjorkwv
New Member Posts: 9
From: Flat Top, WV, USA
Registered: Mar 2018
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posted 01-09-2020 11:39 PM
AB Emblem has a patch on their site 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.  Editor's note: Threads merged. |
thisismills
Member Posts: 268
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-10-2020 10:10 AM
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: Roundup 1973-11-23 A clearer version of the photo here. |
blbjorkwv
New Member Posts: 9
From: Flat Top, WV, USA
Registered: Mar 2018
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posted 01-10-2020 08:40 PM
I received three emails today from a member giving the bios and photos of the 12 RNs. Thanks for the info!
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SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 303
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-12-2020 04:04 AM
I've added short biographies with photos of all 12 women at Spacefacts.de. Please scoll down to "USA" and then to "USAF nurses." |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2170
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-12-2020 06:43 AM
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. |
oly
Member Posts: 909
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 01-12-2020 07:07 AM
quote:
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.
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. |
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