FACT FILES // 2 OF 5 Svetlana Savitskaya Date of Birth First Spaceflight Number of Missions Total Time in Space Nationality Space Firsts • First woman to fly on a space station • First woman to perform a spacewalk • First woman to make two spaceflights. 08 August 1948 19 August 1982 Two 19 days 17 hrs 06 mins USSR Sally Ride Date of Birth First Spaceflight Number of Missions Total Time in Space Nationality Space Firsts • First American woman in space. 26 May 1951 June 18, 1983 Two 14 days 07 hrs 46 mins American