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Marina Sokolova Soviet Engineer Cosmonaut. . Engineer. Personal: Female. Born in USSR. In 1965 she set the world speed record for a female pilot while flying a MIG-21. Pilot. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Female Group - 1962. Inactive Entered space service: 28 February 1962. Selected as a cosmonaut on 28 February 1962, but on 3 March 1962 her selection was rejected by the government commission.
Sokolova Chronology 16 January 1962 - Female cosmonauts. Yesterday DOSAAF sent the files of 58 female cosmonaut candidates, pilots and parachutists, of which 40 are to come to Moscow for interviews. Kamanin reviews plans to reorganise TsPK - there are to be 250 staff, 17 of which are cosmonauts. 18 January 1962 - Cosmonaut inteviews. On this day Kamanin and his staff interviewed 23 of the 58 female cosmonaut candidates. His first impression is that they were all unqualified. What is needed is women who are young, physically fit, and have also completed flight and parachute training of at least five to six months duration. 28 February 1962 - Female cosmonaut candidates ranked.. Kamanin sees Solovyova, Tereshkova, and Kuznetsova as most likely to be first in space. In the second rank he puts Yefremova, Kvasova, and Solovova, and then Sokolova in the third rank. Bibliography:
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