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American aviator and astronaut (1931–2019)

Geraldyn M. Cobb (March 5, 1931 – March 18, 2019), commonly known as Jerrie Cobb, was an American pilot and aviator.

She was also part of the Mercury 13, a group of women who underwent physiological screening tests at the same time as the original Mercury Seven astronauts, and was the first to complete each of the tests.^[1]

Cobb set three aviation records in her 20s: the 1959 world record for non-stop long-distance flight, the 1959 world light-plane speed record, and a 1960 world altitude record for lightweight aircraft of 37,010 feet (11,280 m).^[2] In 1960,^[3]Life Magazine named her as one of nine women of the "100 most important young people in the United States".^[4][5]

Early life

Born on March 5, 1931, in Norman, Oklahoma,^[6] Cobb was the daughter of Lt.

Col. William H. Cobb and Helena Butler Stone Cobb. From birth, Cobb was on the move, as is co