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Roberta Lynn Bondar (/ ˈ b ɒ n d ər /; born December 4, 1945) is a Canadian astronaut, neurologist and consultant.She is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space.
In 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on her Vostok 6 flight of 48 orbits, and is the only woman to fly solo in space. The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight. This list includes Russian cosmonauts, who were the first women in outer space.
Canada has sent two women to space. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman to fly in space, on the Space Shuttle Discovery in January 1992. [90] The second Canadian woman astronaut is Julie Payette from Montreal. Payette was part of the crew of STS-96, on the Space Shuttle Discovery from May 27 to June 6, 1999.
Learn more about Ada Lovelace, Maria Tallchief and more. Amazon. Buy. A bold and colorful board book celebrating the achievements of 10 women who changed the world and cleared a path for those who ...
Alan Shepard, the first American and the second person in space. Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman and 12th person in space. Alexei Leonov, joint 17th in space and first to perform an EVA. John Young, 19th person in space, first to fly solo around the Moon and first to command a Space Shuttle.
The pioneering astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission have a packed agenda during their five short days in space, but medical officer Anna Menon still found time to read to her children from orbit.
First woman to become an American airline captain. [26] [27] 1978 Judy Cameron: First female pilot hired to fly for a major Canadian carrier . [28] 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya: First woman to space walk. [29] 1991 Sony Rana: Nepal's first licensed female commercial airline pilot. [30] [31] February 1995 Eileen Collins: First female Space Shuttle ...
She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of her spaceflight, she remains the youngest ...