Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Svetlana Savitskaya

Russia

Svetlana Savitskaya
Retired

Biography

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Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a retired Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk. She set several FAI world records as a pilot.

Type

Government

Age

77

Date of Birth

August 8, 1948

First Flight

August 19, 1982

Last Flight

July 17, 1984

Career Stats

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2

Flights

2

Landings

1

Spacewalks

P19DT17H7M

Time in Space

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