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Jerrie Cobb eyes space flight after Glenn return
Pilot Jerrie Cobb, once NASA closest to becoming an astronaut, emerges from the Amazon to press for a space shuttle flight. With John Glenn slated to fly again at 77, Cobb, 67, gathers supporters and letters urging NASA to assign her a mission, though NASA says no plans exist.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Alimazon
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
NASA
John Glenn
Jerrie Cobb
Glenn
Mercury
Cobb
Dwayne Brown
National Women’s History Project
American Association of University Women of California
James Inhofe
Don Nickles
Oklahoma
Barbara Boxer
Dianne Feinstein
California
Fresno Pacific University
Jerrie
Donald Dorough
Brown
Dorough
Earth
Florida
Amazon
Panama
Kennedy Space Center