The Lady Astronaut series began as a short audio presentation called "The Lady Astronaut of Mars," released on Audible in 2012. It was presented in print on Mary Robinette Kowal's personal blog in 2013 and subsequently nominated for a Hugo Award. It was reprinted and won in the novelette category the following year. A review in The Verge pointed out that the Lady Astronaut series was of the "punch-card-punk" subgenre, fetishizing and going into great detail about the computer details of the late 1950s. Imagine if "Hidden Figures" took place in an accelerated sci-fi version of humanity, and it seems you have a good idea as to what the Lady Astronaut series is all about.