Marion and Jan Dietrich

United Press International · July 18, 1962

Twins Marion (R) and Jan Dietrich, who have been flying since they were 16, pose in the cockpit of their twin-engine plane here 7/18. Both girls have passed medical tests for women astronauts and hope to be among the first women in space. They urge a continued search for qualified women astronauts who, they say, could better stand the effects of radiation, heat, cold, pain, and monotony in space than men. At present Jan is a corporation pilot and Marion a commercial pilot and writer.