Remembering the US's
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Mary Sherman Morgan
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n 1957, the space race was heating up.
After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit, the United States was desperate to
catch up. Dr Wernher von Braun and
other top engineers struggled to find a solution to the US rocket programme's failures, so
they turned to Mary Sherman Morgan.
In the early 1950s, Morgan was the only female analyst among 900 rocket scientists at
North American Aviation. She was also
one of the few without a college degree.
While von Braun became a familiar figure in newspapers and on television screens
across the country, Mary Sherman Morgan's
story is more obscure.
In his book, Rocket Girl, George D Morgan tells the story of his mother's journey from
North Dakota farm girl to brilliant
scientist whose obscure, yet crucial, contributions to the development of a new rocket
fuel powered the country's first
satellite, Explorer 1.
Mr Morgan spoke to the BBC about his mother's lost legacy and the complex nature of
fame.
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