1.0ICG Magazinehttps://www.icgmagazine.com/webEDITORhttps://www.icgmagazine.com/web/author/adminwes/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="B3bNCqBR1k"><a href="https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/the-space-race/">The Space Race</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/the-space-race/embed/#?secret=B3bNCqBR1k" width="600" height="338" title="“The Space Race” — ICG Magazine" data-secret="B3bNCqBR1k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.icgmagazine.com/web/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/hiddenFIGURESheader.jpg1400935Mandy Walker, ASC, ACS, helps bring the proud black women heroes behind NASA’s early space program out into the light February 20, 1962. Fledgling astronaut John Glenn, dressed in his “space suit,” approaches the launch pad in Cape Canaveral, FL, about to be the first American to orbit the Earth and return home safely. But then he pauses, concerned about some lingering questions over mathematical computations generated by the first IBM computers at NASA. What does America’s first real superhero […]