FACT FILES // 2 OF 5
SvetlanaSavitskaya
Date of BirthFirst SpaceflightNumber of MissionsTotal 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 194819 August 1982Two19 days 17 hrs 06 minsUSSR
Sally Ride
Date of BirthFirst SpaceflightNumber of MissionsTotal Time in Space Nationality
Space Firsts• First American woman in space.
26 May 1951June 18, 1983Two14 days 07 hrs 46 minsAmerican
