| NASA Center: |
Glenn Research Center |
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| Image # : |
C1960-53088 |
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| Date : |
04/06/1960
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Title
Jerrie Cobb, Lady Pilot, testing Gimbal Rig in AWT
Full Description
Jerrie Cobb, a well known female pilot in the 1950s, testing Gimbal Rig in the
Altitude Wind Tunnel, AWT in April 1960. The Gimbal Rig, formally called MASTIF
or Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility, was used to train astronauts to
control the spin of a tumbling spacecraft. Jerrie Cobb was the first female to
pass all three phases of the Mercury Astronaut Program but NASA rules
stipulated
that only military test pilots could become astronauts and there were no female
military test pilots. Jerrie completed this astounding feat in 1961. The MASTIF
was installed at the Altitude Wind Tunnel at the Lewis Research Center, now
John
H. Glenn Research Center.
Keywords
Jerrie Cobb Altitude Wind Tunnel AWT MASTIF Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia Facility Lewis Research Center
Subject Category
Simulators, VIPs-People at NASA-NACA, Women,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
GRC
- Center Number:
C1960-53088
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000379
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: Arden Wilfong
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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