Space
Women's Firsts in Space
From the first cosmonaut in 1963 to modern space station commanders, these women reached beyond the atmosphere.
2 firsts documented
space 1963 Who Was the First Woman in Space? Valentina Tereshkova Soviet cosmonaut who orbited Earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6, spending nearly three days in space. space 1983 Who Was the First American Woman in Space? Sally Ride Flew aboard Space Shuttle Challenger on STS-7, then served on both shuttle disaster investigation boards and co-founded Sally Ride Science.