Biographies of Astronaut and Cosmonaut Candidates

Sokolova

Marina Sokolova

Соколова

Marina

Марина

USSR

USSR

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Selection date:  28.02.1962
Position:  Test Cosmonaut (TC)
Status:  Ret. 03.03.1962

Additional information

On 28.02.1962 as "cosmonaut-aspirant" selected, but on 03.03.1962 declined by GMVK; in 1965, she set female pilot world speed record in MIG-21.

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