ASSOCIATED PRESSGeraldyn "Jerrie" Cobb, record-setting pilot and advocate for women in spaceflight, died on March 18, her family reported in an April 18 statement. Cobb scored in the top 2% of all candidates, including the Mercury 7 astronauts. After the end of the FLATs program, Cobb squared off against Mercury astronaut John Glenn before Congress. In her role as a NASA consultant, she testified the day before Glenn in a 1962 Congressional hearing on whether to accept female astronaut candidates. Cobb was born on March 5, 1931 in Norman, Oklahoma to Lt. Col. William H. Cobb and Helena Butler Stone Cobb.

Source: Forbes April 20, 2019 06:44 UTC