Women Cosmonauts

The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the world's first woman-cosmonaut, who made space flight on the Vostok-6 ship on June 16, 1963. Tereshkova’s flight lasted three days.


Savitskaya, Svetlana Evgenievna-Soviet astronaut, the world's first woman-cosmonaut, published in outer space. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (aircraft sport), world record holder (parachute sport, jumping from the stratosphere).


Raid, Sally Kristen is the first female astronaut in the USA.


The American Shannon Lusid, who visited space 5 times (in 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996), including the flight at Mir station lasting 188 days (March - September 1996).


Roberta Lynn Bondar is the first Canadian woman-astronaut and the first neurologist who visited space.


Tiaki Mukai is an astronaut of the Japanese space agency JAXA, medic. She became the first female astronaut of Japan, as well as the first citizen of Japan to make a second cosmic flight.


Eileen Collins is the first woman a pilot and first woman commander of Shattla.


Claude Enier is the first European woman who visited the ISS.

In 2001, Enier became the first European woman to visit the International Space Station, as part of the Andromeda mission. She resigned from Eka on June 18, 2002. I spent 25 days in orbit 14 hours 22 minutes.


Lee with EN-the first cosmonaut of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the second Asian woman-cosmonaut. Doctor of Biotechnology.

The deceased crew of the Chellenger spacecraft. Another woman, in addition to Judith Reznik, in the crew-Krista Macoliff (2nd left in the upper row).



The crew of the deceased shuttle "Columbia". Another woman, in addition to Kalpana Chalopa, in the crew-Lorel Clark (2nd left in the upper row).



Anusha Ansari is a scientist. The co -founder and head of the company PRODEA Systems, Inc. The first woman is a space tourist.



First Chinese woman astronaut Liu Yang.

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