NEWS
Mary also contributed to “preliminary design conceptions for interplanetary space travel, manned and unmanned earth-orbiting flights, the initial studies of orbiting satellites for defense and civilian purposes,” according to a 1994 feature in the San Jose Mercury News.
Additionally, she’s a co-author of NASA’s Planetary Flight Handbook Vol. III, that addresses voyaging to Venus and Mars flight. Following her retirement, Mary was enthusiastic about motivating other young girls and Native American children to pursue careers in STEM.
Mary Golda Ross died in 2008 at the golden age of 99. She was a member of the Society of Women Engineers, which established a scholarship in tribute to her. You can go see Mary’s statue at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City starting February 23.
