Support WBURMeet The 'Rocket Girls,' The Women Who Charted The Course To SpacePlay05:49Download AudioNPR StaffApril 05, 2016 ShareThe women of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory helped launch the first American satellites, lunar missions and planetary explorations. Those "human computers," as they were called, are seen here in 1953. (Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech)