
Watch a rocket launch from the backyard pool
The Mercury 13 House
This house was inspired by Mercury 13, the group of pioneering women — the "Fellow Lady Astronaut Trainees" — who underwent the same rigorous training as their male counterparts in NASA’s Mercury program but were not allowed to go to space. It offers an imagined glimpse of the home one of these women might have created had she been selected to be an astronaut and lived near Cape Canaveral. This house celebrates the women of FLAT, the trailblazing women who ventured into space, and the countless people who supported the US space program at mission control and within NASA. Its owner—who went on to become both a cybersecurity engineer and a lawyer—was inspired to work in the space industry by a family friend who tragically lost her life in the Challenger disaster. The renovated 1960s residence features midcentury modern design and is curated with art, books, and memorabilia that trace the story of American space exploration from the Mercury program through today’s commercial space endeavors.