The First Female Astronaut of America Dies At the Age of 88

Jerrie Cobb, born in 1931, became a pilot at 16 and was the first woman to pass all the preflight tests of NASA as NASA's seven Mercury astronauts. She earned her first plane by working as a semi-professional softball player. Later on, she went on to set three aviation records and became the first woman to fly at the Paris Air Show.

She wasn't only a pilot but also a strong advocate of equality for women as she stood against the sexism and reached for space.  Due to this, she was always under the media scrutiny and was criticized for her clothes and various portals objectified her as they explained her clothes in detail.

Even though Cobb wasn't able to break through space, but she did leave her mark and opened the doors of opportunity for other women to step into the field which was never available to them.

Even though NASA didn't support her fight for a long time, she took this chance to become a lifelong Christian devout as she went on to serve with the missionary work in the Amazon with her plane.

When she was questioned about the same and asked if she felt bad for not being able to fly to space or to the other celestial bodies, she replied by saying that, "Yes, I wish I were on the moon with my fellow pilots, exploring another celestial body. How I would love to see our beautiful blue planet Earth floating in the blackness of space. And see the stars and galaxies in their true brilliance, without the filter of our atmosphere. But I'm happy flying here in Amazonas, serving my brethren. 'Contenta, Senor, contenta.' (I am happy, Lord, happy.)"

After serving the world for endless years, she died, this year, in March at the ripe age of 88, however, her death was publicly announced on 18th April this year.

Laura Ohrenberg, headquarters manager in Oklahoma City for the Ninety-Nines Inc., an international organisation of licensed women pilots came ahead and said that "Jerrie Cobb served as an inspiration to many of our members in her record-breaking, her desire to go into space, and just to prove that women could do what men could do."

As the World, mourns over the death of such an impeccable inspiration for women, many people are stepping ahead to talk about her and to immortalize her through their kind words.