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The Concorde, Janet Bragg & First Moon Flights

It was a scrolling sort of day. And an educational one. Here’s what we learned today about the Concorde, Janet Bragg, and Pan Am’s “First Moon Flights” Club.

Janet Bragg always dreamed of flying. When she enrolled in a program for Black pilots at Curtiss Wright Aeronautical School, she had to work extra hard to prove herself—many students didn't accept her because she was a woman: https://t.co/UPaam7SO4d #BlackHistoryMonth pic.twitter.com/zBdEPe3DdW
— National Air and Space Museum (@airandspace) February 7, 2023

For the next 4 years, 90,000+ people signed up for a space trip and received these First Moon Flights Club cards. The card's back read, "Pan Am makes the going great: first in Latin America, first on the Atlantic, first on the Pacific, first round the world." #52Objects #PanAm pic.twitter.com/CjBLPFpq4R
— SFO Museum (@SFOMuseum) February 7, 2023