The Mercury 13 were thirteen American women who, as part of a privately funded program, underwent the same physiological screening tests as the astronauts selected by NASA on April 9, 1959 for Project Mercury.
Mercury 13 refírese a un programa de financiamento privado no cal participaron trece mulleres americanas, ás cales se lles fixo pasar as mesmas probas fisiolóxicas que pasaran antes os astronautas selecionados pola NASA o 9 de abril do 1959 para Proxecto Mercury.