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Geraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb training on the Gimbal Rig called the Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF) at the NASA Lewis Research Center, now the John H. Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb sitting in an U.S. Airforce FC-898 airplane.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb sitting in a cockpit holding a helmet.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb sitting on a plane wing.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb standing at the door of an airplane.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb sits at the controls of an airplane, holding an aerial map.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb uses the reflection of an airplane spinner to apply her makeup.

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Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb shows off one of her many flying awards.

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Portrait of Bernice "B" Steadman standing next to some of her flying trophies. Steadman was one of thirteen women to pass the first female astronaut testing program in 1961. This group of thirteen women later became known as the Mercury 13.

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Well-known female aviator and record breaker Geraldyn "Jerrie" M. Cobb, dressed in a white suit, smiles back at cameraman Dale Fudge from the airplane controls.

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Geraldyn ("Jerrie") Cobb training on Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility (MASTIF), or “gimbal rig,” at the NASA Lewis Research Center (now the John H. Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio.

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The Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a privately owned research institute. It was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be potential Project Mercury astronauts. Dr. William Lovelace also independently tested women for astronaut…

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Pictured is an aerial view of the Lovelace Clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a privately owned research institute, and it was the site chosen by NASA in 1959 to test men to be potential Project Mercury astronauts. Dr. William Lovelace also…

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A portrait of Jane Hart, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Sarah Gorelick Ratley, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Jean Hixson, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Janet Dietrich, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Bernice “B” Steadman, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Marion Dietrich, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Rhea Hurrle Allison Woltman, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Geraldine “Jerri” Sloan Truhill, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Irene Leverton, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Gene Nora Stumbough Jessen, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Myrtle Cagle, a member of the Mercury 13.

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A portrait of Jean Hixson, a member of the Mercury 13.
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