Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Кондакóва; born March 30, 1957[1] in Mytishchi, Soviet Union) was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight.[2] Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. Since then no other Russian woman has flown to space.[3]
Kondakova was born in Mytishchi in the Moscow Region of Russia and is married to fellow cosmonaut Valeri Ryumin. She was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1989.
Since 1999, Kondakova has served as a deputy in the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament.[4]
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- ^ a b c d e f Alexander B. Zheleznyakov (2001-05-03). "Kondakova". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Mark Wade.
- ^ http://www.space-travel.com/reports/The_Story_Of_Women_In_Space_999.html
- ^ MSNB.com - Does Mars need women? Russians say no
- ^ http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kondakova_yelena.htm
- ^ http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kondakov.html
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Kondakova, Elena V. |
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Cosmonaut |
| Date of birth |
March 30, 1957 |
| Place of birth |
Mytishchi, Russian SFSR |
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