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Gathering of current and past female NASA astronauts at Johnson Space Center, September 2012. Seated (from left): Carolyn Huntoon (JSC's first female director), Ellen Baker, Mary Cleave, Rhea Seddon, Anna Fisher, Shannon Lucid, Ellen Ochoa, Sandra Magnus.
Standing (from left): Jeanette Epps, Mary Ellen Weber, Marsha Ivins, Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Bonnie Dunbar, Tammy Jernigan, Cady Coleman, (This list includes space travelers from the former Soviet Union, who are called cosmonauts.)

This is a list of women in space, astronauts who are women.

History

Main article: Women in space

As of July 2016, of the 537 total space travelers, 60 have been women.[1] There have been one each from France, India, Italy, South Korea, and the United Kingdom; two each from Canada, China, and Japan; four from the Soviet Union/Russia; and 45 from the United States. The time between the first male and first female astronauts varied widely by country. The first astronauts from Britain, South Korea, and Iran were women, while there was a two year delay in Russia from the first man in space on Vostok 1 to the first woman in space on Vostok 6. The time between the first American man and first American woman in space was 22 years between Freedom 7 and Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7, respectively. For China, this interval was almost eight and a half years between the Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 9 space missions,[2] and for Italy, there was approximately twelve years between the STS-46 and Expedition 42 spaceflights.

A span of 19 years separated the first and second women in space. They were cosmonauts on the Vostok 6 and Soyuz T-7 missions. Though the Soviet Union sent the first two women into space, only four of the women in space have been Russian or Soviet citizens. However, British, French, Italian, Iranian, and South Korean women have all flown as part of the Soviet and Russian space programs. Similarly, women from Canada, India, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program. A span of one year separated the first and second American women in space. While the first American man in space was separated from the first woman in space by 20 years, a span of one year separated the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10.

Astronauts with completed spaceflights

# Image Name
Birth date 		Country Comment Missions (Launch date)
1 Valentina Tereshkova
Mar. 6, 1937 		 Soviet Union First woman in space. Vostok 6 (June 16, 1963)
2 Svetlana Savitskaya
Aug. 8, 1948 		 Soviet Union First woman to fly on a space station (Salyut 7, 1982).
First woman to perform a spacewalk (July 25, 1984).
First woman to make two spaceflights. 		Soyuz T-5 (July 19, 1982)
Soyuz T-12 (Jul. 17, 1984)
3 Sally Ride
May 26, 1951
died Jul. 23, 2012 		 United States First American woman in space. First LGBT person in space. STS-7 (June 18, 1983)
STS-41-G (October 5, 1984)
4 Judith Resnik
Apr. 5, 1949
died Jan. 28, 1986 		 United States First Jewish-American in space. Died in the Challenger disaster. STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984)
STS-51-L (Jan. 28, 1986)
5 Kathryn D. Sullivan
Oct. 3, 1951 		 United States First American woman to perform a spacewalk (Oct. 11, 1984). STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984)
STS-31 (Apr. 24, 1990)
STS-45 (Mar. 24, 1992)
6 Anna Lee Fisher
Aug. 24, 1949 		 United States First mother in space.[3] STS-51-A (Nov. 8, 1984)
7 Margaret Rhea Seddon
Nov. 8, 1947 		 United States STS-51-D (Apr. 12, 1985)
STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)
STS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993)
8 Shannon Lucid
Jan. 14, 1943 		 United States First American woman to fly on a space station (Mir, 1996). First Chinese-born woman in space. First woman to make a third, a fourth and a fifth spaceflight. STS-51-G (Jun. 17, 1985)
STS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989)
STS-43 (Aug. 2, 1991)
STS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993)
STS-76/79 (Mar. 22, 1996)
9 Bonnie J. Dunbar
Mar. 3, 1949 		 United States STS-61-A (Oct. 30, 1985)
STS-32 (January 9, 1990)
STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992)
STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995)
STS-89 (Jan. 22, 1998)
10 Mary L. Cleave
Feb. 5, 1947 		 United States STS-61-B (Nov. 26, 1985)
STS-30 (May 4, 1989)
11 Ellen S. Baker
Apr. 27, 1953 		 United States STS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989)
STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992)
STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995)
12 Kathryn C. Thornton
Aug. 17, 1952 		 United States Third woman to walk in space. First woman to make multiple EVAs (May 14–15, 1992, Dec. 6, 1993, Dec. 8, 1993) STS-33 (Nov. 22, 1989)
STS-49 (May 7, 1992)
STS-61 (Dec. 2, 1993)
STS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995)
13 Marsha Ivins
Apr. 15, 1951 		 United States STS-32 (Jan. 9, 1990)
STS-46 (Jul. 31, 1992)
STS-62 (Mar. 4, 1994)
STS-81 (Jan. 12, 1997)
STS-98 (Feb. 7, 2001)
14 Linda M. Godwin
Jul. 2, 1952 		 United States Fourth woman to walk in space (March 27, 1996, Dec. 10, 2001) STS-37 (Apr. 5, 1991)
STS-59 (Apr. 9, 1994)
STS-76 (Mar. 22, 1996)
STS-108 (Dec. 5, 2001)
15 Helen Sharman
May 30, 1963 		 United Kingdom First British citizen in space. Second woman to fly on a space station (Mir, 1991). Soyuz TM-12/TM-11 (May 18, 1991)
16 Tamara E. Jernigan
May 7, 1959 		 United States Fifth woman to walk in space (May 30, 1999) STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)
STS-52 (Oct. 22, 1992)
STS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995)
STS-80 (Nov. 19, 1996)
STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
17 Millie Hughes-Fulford
Dec. 21, 1945 		 United States First female payload specialist. STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)
18 Roberta Bondar
Dec. 4, 1945 		 Canada First Canadian woman in space. First Ukrainian Canadian woman in space. STS-42 (Jan. 22, 1992)
19 Jan Davis
Nov. 1, 1953 		 United States Went to space with her husband, Mark C. Lee in 1992. They were the first married couple to go to space together. Member of Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity. STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992)
STS-60 (Feb. 3, 1994)
STS-85 (Aug. 7, 1997)
20 Mae Jemison
Oct. 17, 1956 		 United States First African-American woman in space STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992)
21 Susan J. Helms
Feb. 26, 1958 		 United States Sixth woman to walk in space (March 11, 2001) STS-54 (Jan. 13, 1993)
STS-64 (Sep. 9, 1994)
STS-78 (Jun. 20, 1996)
STS-101 (May 19, 2000)
STS-102/105 (Mar. 8, 2001)
22 Ellen Ochoa
May 10, 1958 		 United States First Hispanic woman in space. STS-56 (Apr. 8, 1993)
STS-66 (Nov. 3, 1994)
STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
STS-110 (Apr. 8, 2002)
23 Janice E. Voss
Oct. 8, 1956
died Feb. 6, 2012 		 United States STS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993)
STS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995)
STS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997)
STS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997)
STS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000)
24 Nancy J. Currie
Dec. 29, 1958 		 United States STS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993)
STS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995)
STS-88 (Dec. 4, 1998)
STS-109 (Mar. 1, 2002)
25 Chiaki Mukai
May 6, 1952 		 Japan First Japanese woman in space. STS-65 (Jul. 8, 1994)
STS-95 (Oct. 29, 1998)
26 Yelena V. Kondakova
Mar. 30, 1957 		 Russia Became the first Russian woman to travel in 2 different spacecraft, Soyuz TM-20 and STS-84 both were on trips to Mir Space Station, and became the 1st Russian woman to travel on the Space Shuttle. Soyuz TM-20 (Oct. 3, 1994)
STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
27 Eileen Collins
Nov. 19, 1956 		 United States First female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander. STS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995)
STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999)
STS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005)
28 Wendy B. Lawrence
Jul. 2, 1959 		 United States STS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995)
STS-86 (Sep. 25, 1997)
STS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998)
STS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005)
29 Mary E. Weber
Aug. 24, 1962 		 United States STS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995)
STS-101 (May 19, 2000)
30 Catherine Coleman
Dec. 14, 1960 		 United States STS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995)
STS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999)
Soyuz TMA-20 (15 December 2010)
31 Claudie Haigneré
May 13, 1957 		 France First Frenchwoman in space. 1996 flight as Claudie André-Deshays Soyuz TM-24/TM-23 (Aug. 17, 1996)
Soyuz TM-33/32 (Oct. 21, 2001)
32 Susan Still Kilrain
Oct. 24, 1961 		 United States Second female shuttle pilot. STS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997)
STS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997)
33 Kalpana Chawla
Jul. 1, 1961
died Feb. 1, 2003 		 India/ United States First Indian-American woman in space. Died in the Columbia disaster. STS-87 (Nov. 19, 1997)
STS-107 (Jan. 16, 2003)
34 Kathryn P. Hire
Aug. 26, 1959 		 United States STS-90 (Apr. 17, 1998)
STS-130 (Feb. 8, 2010)
35 Janet L. Kavandi
Jul. 17, 1959 		 United States STS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998)
STS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000)
STS-104 (Jul. 12, 2001)
36 Julie Payette
Oct. 20, 1963 		 Canada First French Canadian woman in space STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
STS-127 (July 15, 2009)
37 Pamela Melroy
Sep. 17, 1961 		 United States Second female shuttle commander. STS-92 (Oct. 11, 2000)
STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002)
STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007)
38 Peggy Whitson
Feb. 9, 1960 		 United States Most time in space (cumulative) for a US astronaut (as of April 2017, on ISS Expedition 50, so record extending each day)
Seventh woman to walk in space (Aug. 16, 2002, Nov. 9, 2007, Nov. 20, 2007, Nov. 24, 2007, Dec. 18, 2007, Jan. 30, 2007). Most EVAs and most time spent on EVA of all female space travelers.
First female ISS commander (ISS Expedition 16).
Oldest female in space (as of April 2017, on ISS Expedition 50, so record extending each day). 		STS-111/ 113 (Jun. 5, 2002)
Soyuz TMA-11 (Oct. 10, 2007)
Soyuz MS-03 (Nov. 17, 2016)
currently (Feb 2017) in space (ISS Expedition 50/51)
39 Sandra Magnus
Oct. 30, 1964 		 United States STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002)
STS-126/119 (Nov. 14, 2008)
STS-135 (July 8, 2011)
40 Laurel B. Clark
Mar. 10, 1961
died Feb. 1, 2003 		 United States Died in the Columbia disaster. STS-107 (Jan. 16, 2003)
41 Stephanie Wilson
Sep. 27, 1966 		 United States STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006)
STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007)
STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
42 Lisa Nowak
May 10, 1963 		 United States STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006)
43 Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper
Feb. 7, 1963 		 United States Eighth woman to walk in space (Sep. 12, 2006, Sep. 15, 2006, Nov. 18-19, 2008, Nov. 20-21, 2008, Nov. 22-23, 2008). First Ukrainian American woman in space. STS-115 (Sep. 9, 2006)
STS-126 (Nov. 14, 2008)
44 File:Anousheh ansari spacesuit.jpg Anousheh Ansari
Sep. 12, 1966 		 Iran /  United States Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist. First Iranian in space. Soyuz TMA-9/8 (Sep. 18, 2006)
45 Sunita Williams
Sep. 19, 1965[4] 		 United States Ninth woman to walk in space (Dec. 16, 2006, Jan. 31, 2007, Feb. 4, 2007, Feb. 8, 2007, Aug. 30, 2012, Sep. 5, 2012).[4] STS-116/117 (Dec. 9, 2006)[4]
Soyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012)
46 Joan Higginbotham
Aug. 3, 1964 		 United States STS-116 (Dec. 9, 2006)
47 Tracy Caldwell Dyson
Aug. 14, 1969 		 United States Eleventh woman to walk in space (Aug. 7, 2010, Aug. 11, 2010, Aug. 16, 2010). First astronaut born after Apollo 11 flight.[5] STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007)
Soyuz TMA-18 (April 2, 2010).
48 Barbara Morgan
Nov. 28, 1951 		 United States First educator astronaut (Teacher in Space Project) STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007)
49 Yi So-yeon
Jun. 2, 1978 		 Republic of Korea First Korean in space Soyuz TMA-12 (Apr. 8, 2008)
50 Karen L. Nyberg
Oct. 7, 1969 		 United States STS-124 (May 31, 2008)
Soyuz TMA-09M (May 28, 2013)
51 K. Megan McArthur
Aug. 30, 1971 		 United States STS-125 (May 11, 2009)
52 Nicole P. Stott
Nov. 11, 1962 		 United States Tenth woman to walk in space (September 1–2, 2009). STS-128 (August 28, 2009)
STS-133 (February 24, 2011)
53 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
May 15, 1975 		 United States STS-131 (April 5, 2010)
54 Naoko Yamazaki
Dec. 27, 1970 		 Japan STS-131 (April 5, 2010)
55 Shannon Walker
Jun. 4, 1965 		 United States Soyuz TMA-19 (June 15, 2010)
56 Liu Yang
Oct. 6, 1978 		 China First Chinese woman in space. Shenzhou 9 (June 16, 2012)
57 Wang Yaping
Jan. 27, 1980 		 China Shenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013)
58 Yelena Serova
Apr. 22, 1976 		 Russia Member of ISS Expedition 41. First Russian woman to visit the ISS.[6] Soyuz TMA-14M (September 25, 2014)
59 Samantha Cristoforetti
Apr. 26, 1977 		 Italy ESA Astronaut. First Italian woman in space and first Italian woman on ISS. Expedition 42/43. Soyuz TMA-15M (November 23, 2014)
60 Kathleen Rubins
Oct. 14, 1978 		 United States Soyuz MS-01 (July 6, 2016)

Other astronauts and astronaut candidates

Image Name Birth date
Death date 		Country Comment
Anne McClain June 7, 1979  United States NASA Astronaut Group 21, "The 8 Balls", 2013
Christina Hammock Feb. 2, 1979  United States NASA Astronaut Group 21, "The 8 Balls", 2013
Jessica Meir July 15, 1977  United States NASA Astronaut Group 21, "The 8 Balls", 2013
Nicole Aunapu Mann June 27, 1977  United States NASA Astronaut Group 21, "The 8 Balls", 2013
Serena M. Auñón Apr. 9, 1976  United States Completed Astronaut Candidate Training in 2011.
Jeanette J. Epps Nov. 2, 1970  United States Completed Astronaut Candidate Training in 2011.
Patricia Robertson Mar. 12, 1963
Died May 24, 2001. 		 United States NASA Astronaut Group 17, "The Penguins", 1998
Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya Nov. 6, 1962  Russia Retired May 27, 2004.
Marianne Merchez Nov. 25, 1960  Belgium Retired 1995.
Yvonne Cagle Apr. 24, 1959  United States
Christa McAuliffe September 2, 1948
died Jan. 28, 1986 		 United States Died on the Challenger, January 28, 1986. Mission launched, but did not cross the Kármán line. The crew cabin peaked approx. 70,000 ft (above the Armstrong limit)
Tatyana Kuznetsova Jul. 14, 1941  Soviet Union Retired 1969.
Zhanna Yorkina May 6, 1939  Soviet Union Retired 1969.
Irina Solovyova Sep. 6, 1937  Soviet Union Retired 1969.
Valentina Ponomaryova Sep. 18, 1933  Soviet Union Retired 1969.

See also

References

  1. ^ List of space travelers by name
  2. ^ http://womenshistory.about.com/od/aviationspace/a/timeline_space.htm
  3. ^ First Mother in Space, Mars Team to Be at NASA Langley Open House
  4. ^ a b c NASA (2009). "Sunita L. Williams (Commander, USN)". National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  5. ^ http://americanindian.net/kusi/tracycaldwell/index.html
  6. ^ "Privyet, Elena Serova! Space Station Welcomes Its First Russian Woman". NBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
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