Today is the birthday of Mary Sherman Morgan (Nov 4, 1921 – Aug 4, 2004).

In the early 1950s, she became the first female rocket scientist in the US.

In 1957 was credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne 7, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.

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