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WOMAN INTO SPACE IBD

JANE RIEKER / JERRIE COBB
CHOSHO PUBLISHING
06 / 2022
9781958425053
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Sinopsis

In 1959, blonde, blue-eyed Jerrie Cobb was selected to be the first woman to undergo the Mercury Astronaut tests at the Lovelace Foundation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.'All my life,' writes Jerrie Cobb, 'I have wanted to fly . . . to share mankindâÇÖs surge into the skies, to be part of the onrushing leap to the stars.'She was the first woman to satisfy the criteria for space flight set by the NASA. Subjected to the identical battery of physical and psychological tests given to the seven male astronauts selected for Project Mercury, Jerrie CobbâÇÖs performance was described by a NASA official as 'extraordinary.'In this book, Jerrie tells her own amazing story. She describes her adventures as an international ferry pilot . . . her near-escapes with death while logging in more than 10,000 flying hours . . . her famous solo flights that set international records for speed, altitude and distance . . . and her role as AmericaâÇÖs #1 female astronaut candidate and special consultant to NASA on manned space flight.It was Jerrie CobbâÇÖs brilliant flying record which prompted NASA to invite her to undergo astronaut testing. Since 1957 Jerrie has established international records for speed, altitude and distance.Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace, II, chairman of NASAâÇÖs Life Sciences Committee for Project Mercury, reported that Jerrie CobbâÇÖs favorable reaction to the tests indicated that women under stress, are able to withstand pain, heat, cold, monotony, and loneliness for longer periods and with less ill effects than men.á

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