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Mary Sherman Morgan (Rocket Girl) 
Mary Sherman Morgan (Rocket Girl)
North Dakota, United States
Mary Sherman Morgan (1921 - 2004) was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1
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Mary Sherman Morgan graduated first in her high school class in 1939, showing a remarkable affinity for chemistry, which earned her a place at Minot State University, as a chemistry major. With the outbreak of World War II, she was lured away from academia, her degree studies incomplete, and went to work in a munitions factory as a chemical analyst, producing explosives for the military. After the war ended, she was hired by North American Aviation (NAA), in California, “the only woman out of 900 engineers”, says an article in How It Works magazine, where she went to work “calculating the performance of rocket propellants and designing specialty fuels to work with different engines”. https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mary-sherman-morgan-rocket-girl/
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North Dakota, United States
Mary Sherman Morgan (1921 - 2004) was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1
JOINED: over a year ago
HONORS:
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LAST 12 MONTHS: 0
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
Mary Sherman Morgan graduated first in her high school class in 1939, showing a remarkable affinity for chemistry, which earned her a place at Minot State University, as a chemistry major. With the outbreak of World War II, she was lured away from academia, her degree studies incomplete, and went to work in a munitions factory as a chemical analyst, producing explosives for the military. After the war ended, she was hired by North American Aviation (NAA), in California, “the only woman out of 900 engineers”, says an article in How It Works magazine, where she went to work “calculating the performance of rocket propellants and designing specialty fuels to work with different engines”. https://cosmosmagazine.com/science/mary-sherman-morgan-rocket-girl/
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◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2025.09] 02/03/2025
the only woman in a workplace of nine hundred, Mary Sherman Morgan was one of the architects of US victory in the Space Race.
[P7.2025.09] 02/03/2025
the only woman in a workplace of nine hundred, Mary Sherman Morgan was one of the architects of US victory in the Space Race.