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The Unsung Hero of the Apollo 13 Mission: Women in Engineering

The Unsung Hero of the Apollo 13 Mission: Women in Engineering

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Meet the unsung hero of the Apollo 13 mission whose work helped save the lives of the astronauts. You may not have heard of Judith Love Cohen, but she was a dancer with the New York Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, a children's book author, and a brilliant engineer who worked on the Abort Guidance System that played a crucial role in the Apollo program. When disaster struck during the Apollo 13 mission, Cohen's invention came to the rescue and allowed the astronauts to return safely to Earth. 

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