When JoAnn Morgan was 17, she worked on her first rocket launch. By 1969, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, she was at the controls for the Apollo 11 launch. She was the only woman in the room.

When JoAnn Morgan was 17, she worked on her first rocket launch. By 1969, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, she was at the controls for the Apollo 11 launch. She was the only woman in the room.

When JoAnn Morgan was 17, she worked on her first rocket launch. By 1969,&nbsp;at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center,&nbsp;she was at the controls for the Apollo 11 launch. She was the only woman in the room.

The only woman in the firing room

Making Space: The Female Frontier spotlights the history of space exploration and the women who made it possible. From the hidden women of the Apollo program and the ones locked out of astronaut training in the 1960s, to a new generation of NASA leaders taking us back to the moon and on to Mars. Making Space sheds light on the women who are often overlooked in the history of mankind’s greatest achievements.

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The only woman in the firing room

The only woman in the firing room