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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. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go to space in 1963, very early in crewed space exploration, and it would be almost twenty years before another flew (Svetlana Savitskaya).

By the end of the 1980s, women in space had become more common. By 2019, roughly 12% of all the space travelers were women. As of October 2024, 99 women had completed spaceflights.

History

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As of May 2023, of the 634 total space travelers (FAI),[1] 73 have been women. There have been one each from France, Italy, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom; two each from Canada and Japan; three from China; six from the Soviet Union/Russia; and 56 from the United States.[2] The time between the first male and first female astronauts varied widely by country. The first astronauts originally from Britain, South Korea, and Iran were women, while there was a two-year gap 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 STS-7, respectively. For China, this interval was almost eight and a half years between the Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 9 space missions,[3] and for Italy, there was approximately twelve years between the STS-46 and Expedition 42 spaceflights.

A span of 19 years separated the first two 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 six of the women in space have been Russian or Soviet citizens. However, British, French, Italian, dual-citizen Iranian-American and South Korean women have all flown as part of the Soviet and Russian space programs. Similarly, women from Canada, 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,[4] as well as the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10.[5]

Spacefarers with current and completed spaceflights

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# Image Name
Birth date 		Country Comment Missions (launch date)
1 Valentina Tereshkova
Mar. 6, 1937 		 Soviet Union First woman in space.
Only woman to make a solo spaceflight. 		Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963)[6]
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 (Jul. 25, 1984).
First woman to make two spaceflights. 		Soyuz T-5 (Jul. 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. STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983)
STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984)
4 Judith Resnik
Apr. 5, 1949
died Jan. 28, 1986 		 United States Fourth woman in space, second American woman in space. First Jewish woman 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 Second 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.[7] 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 (Jan. 9, 1990)
STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992)
STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995)
STS-89 (Jan. 22, 1998)
10 Mary L. Cleave
Feb. 5, 1947
died Nov. 27 2023 		 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
died Feb. 2, 2021 		 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 Nancy Jan Davis
Nov. 1, 1953 		 United States With husband Mark Lee, became the first married couple to launch into space together
(STS-47) 		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 The sixth woman to walk in space (March 11, 2001).
The longest duration EVA by a woman (8h 56m).[8] 		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 and first Asian woman in space. STS-65 (Jul. 8, 1994)
STS-95 (Oct. 29, 1998)
26 Yelena V. Kondakova
Mar. 30, 1957 		 Russia First Russian woman to travel in two different spacecraft, Soyuz TM-20 and STS-84; both were on trips to Mir Space Station. First 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 (Dec. 15, 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 		 United States First Asian American (Indian origin, naturalized U.S. citizen) woman in space. First Hindu 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 Second Canadian woman in space.
First French Canadian woman in space.
Later became Governor General of Canada. 		STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
STS-127 (Jul. 15, 2009)
37 Pamela Melroy
Sep. 17, 1961 		 United States Second female shuttle commander.
Appointed Deputy Administrator of NASA Jun. 21, 2021. 		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 (675 days)
Seventh woman to walk in space (Aug. 16, 2002, Nov. 9, 2007, Nov. 20, 2007, Nov. 24, 2007, Dec. 18, 2007, Jan. 30, 2007, Jan. 6, 2017, Mar. 30, 2017, May 12, 2017, May 23, 2017).
Most EVAs (10) and most time spent on EVA (60 hrs 21 min)[9] of all female space travelers.
First female ISS commander (ISS Expedition 16). 		STS-111/113 (Jun. 5, 2002)
Soyuz TMA-11 (Oct. 10, 2007)
Soyuz MS-03/04 (Nov. 17, 2016)
Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023)
39 Sandra Magnus
Oct. 30, 1964 		 United States STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002)
STS-126/119 (Nov. 14, 2008)
STS-135 (Jul. 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 Anousheh Ansari
Sep. 12, 1966 		 Iran /  United States Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist.
First Iranian and first Muslim woman in space. 		Soyuz TMA-9/8 (Sep. 18, 2006)
45 Sunita Williams
Sep. 19, 1965[10] 		 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). First female astronaut to fly on a orbital spacecraft's maiden flight, i.e., Boeing Starliner.[10] STS-116/117 (Dec. 9, 2006)[10]
Soyuz TMA-05M (Jul. 15, 2012)
Starliner Crewed Flight Test/SpaceX Crew-9 (Jun. 5, 2024)
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.[11] STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007)
Soyuz TMA-18 (Apr. 2, 2010)
Soyuz MS-25 (Mar. 23, 2024)
48 Barbara Morgan
Nov. 28, 1951 		 United States First educator astronaut.
Originally selected for the 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)
SpaceX Crew-2 (Apr. 23, 2021)
52 Nicole P. Stott
Nov. 11, 1962 		 United States Tenth woman to walk in space (Sep. 1–2, 2009). STS-128/129 (Aug. 28, 2009)
STS-133 (Feb. 24, 2011)
53 Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger
May 15, 1975 		 United States First Space Camp alumna to become an astronaut STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
54 Naoko Yamazaki
Dec. 27, 1970 		 Japan STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
55 Shannon Walker
Jun. 4, 1965 		 United States First Native Houstonian to go aboard the International Space Station. She returned to space for her second long duration mission on 15 November 2020, onboard SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. Soyuz TMA-19 (Jun. 15, 2010)
SpaceX Crew-1 (Nov. 15, 2020)
56 Liu Yang
Oct. 6, 1978 		 China First Chinese woman in space. Second Chinese woman and nineteenth woman to walk in space. Shenzhou 9 (Jun. 16, 2012), Shenzhou 14 (Jun. 5, 2022)
57 Wang Yaping
Jan. 27, 1980 		 China First Chinese woman on long duration expedition.
Sixteenth woman to walk in space (November 7, 2021) during Shenzhou 13.
First Chinese female astronaut to walk in space. 		Shenzhou 10 (Jun. 11, 2013)
Shenzhou 13 (Oct. 15, 2021)
58 Yelena Serova
Apr. 22, 1976 		 Russia Member of ISS Expedition 41. First Russian woman to visit the ISS.[12] Soyuz TMA-14M (Sep. 25, 2014)
59 Samantha Cristoforetti
Apr. 26, 1977 		 Italy ESA Astronaut. First Italian woman in space and first Italian woman on the ISS, with Expedition 42/43. Eighteenth woman to walk in space, during Expedition 67. Soyuz TMA-15M (Nov. 23, 2014)
SpaceX Crew-4 (Apr. 27, 2022)
60 Kathleen Rubins
Oct. 14, 1978 		 United States Twelfth woman to walk in space (Aug. 19, 2016, Sep. 01, 2016) during ISS Expedition 48. Soyuz MS-01 (Jul. 6, 2016)
Soyuz MS-17 (Oct. 14, 2020)
61 Serena Auñón-Chancellor
Apr. 9, 1976 		 United States Soyuz MS-09 (Jun. 6, 2018)
62 Anne McClain
Jun. 7, 1979 		 United States Thirteenth woman to walk in space (Mar. 22, 2019, Apr. 08, 2019) during ISS Expedition 59. Soyuz MS-11 (Dec. 3, 2018)
63 Beth Moses
May 29, 1969 		 United States Virgin Galactic Chief instructor.
First woman to make a spaceflight (US Department of Defense classification i.e. >50 mi (80.47 km)) on a commercially launched vehicle. The maximum altitude achieved was 295,007 ft (55.87 mi, 89.92 km).[13] 		VSS Unity VF-01 (Feb. 22, 2019)
Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021)
Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (May 25, 2023)
Galactic 02 (Aug. 10. 2023)
Galactic 03 (Sept. 08, 2023)
Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023)
64 Christina Koch
Feb. 2, 1979 		 United States Fourteenth woman to walk in space, during Expedition 59. Jointly with Jessica Meir, became the first two women to undertake an all-female EVA during ISS Expedition 61. (Oct 18, 2019)[14] Greatest continuous number of days in space for a female (328 days)[15][16] Soyuz MS-12/13 (Mar. 14, 2019)
65 Jessica Meir
Jul. 15, 1977 		 United States /  Sweden Fifteenth woman to walk in space, during Expedition 61. Jointly with Christina Koch, became the first two women to undertake an all-female EVA. (Oct 18, 2019) Soyuz MS-15 (Sep. 25, 2019)
66 Sirisha Bandla
C. 1988 		 United States Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations, Virgin Galactic.[17] Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (Jul. 11, 2021)
67 Wally Funk
Feb. 1, 1939 		 United States
  • Mercury 13
  • First crewed commercial flight of New Shepard
  • Oldest woman to fly to space (82 years, 170 days)
 Blue Origin NS-16 (Jul. 20, 2021)
68 Sian Proctor
Mar. 26, 1970 		 United States Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021)
69 Hayley Arceneaux
Dec. 9, 1991 		 United States Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021)
70 Yulia Peresild
Sep. 5, 1984 		 Russia First actress in space, filming footage for the 2023 film The Challenge aboard the International Space Station. Soyuz MS-19 (Oct. 5, 2021)
71 Audrey Powers  United States Vice president of mission and flight operations of Blue Origin. Blue Origin NS-18 (Oct. 13, 2021)
72 Kayla Barron
Sep. 19, 1987 		 United States Seventeenth woman to walk in space, during SpaceX Crew-3/Expedition 66. (Nov. 10, 2021)
73 Laura Shepard Churchley  United States Daughter of Alan Shepard, first American in space Blue Origin NS-19 (Dec. 11, 2021)
74 Sharon Hagle  United States With husband Marc Hagle, became the first married couple to launch into space on a commercial space vehicle. Blue Origin NS-20 (March 31, 2022)
75 Jessica Watkins
May 14, 1988 		 United States First African-American woman on a long-duration mission. SpaceX Crew-4 (Apr. 27, 2022)
76 Katya Echazarreta  United States /  Mexico Blue Origin NS-21 (June 04, 2022)
77 Vanessa O'Brien
Dec. 2, 1964 		 United States /  United Kingdom First woman to reach extremes on Earth (Mount Everest), sea (Challenger Deep) and air (passing the Kármán line into space)[22][23] Blue Origin NS-22 (August 4, 2022)
78 Sara Sabry Egypt Egypt Blue Origin NS-22 (August 4, 2022)
79 Nicole Aunapu Mann
Jun. 27, 1977 		 United States First Native American woman in space.[24][25][26][27][28][29] Twentieth woman to walk in space, during Expedition 68. SpaceX Crew-5 (Oct. 5, 2022)
80 Anna Kikina
Aug.27, 1984 		 Russia First Russian cosmonaut to fly a Crew Dragon. SpaceX Crew-5 (Oct. 5, 2022)
81 Rayyanah Barnawi
Sep., 1988 		 Saudi Arabia First female Saudi astronaut in space. Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023)
82 Jamila Gilbert  United States Senior manager, internal communications. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (May 25, 2023)
83 Kelly Latimer  United States Pilot. Virgin Galactic Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023)
Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023)
Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
84 Keisha Schahaff
1977 		Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Together with Anastatia Mayers, first citizens from Antigua & Barbuda and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023)
85 Anastatia Mayers
September 27, 2004 		Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Together with Keisha Schahaff, first citizens from Antigua & Barbuda and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space.
Youngest woman to fly to space (18 years, 318 days). 		Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023)
86 Jasmin Moghbeli
Jun. 24, 1983 		 United States Twenty-first woman to walk in space, during Expedition 70. SpaceX Crew-7 (Aug. 26, 2023)
87 Loral O'Hara
May 3, 1983 		 United States Twenty-second woman to walk in space, during Expedition 70. Soyuz MS-24 (Sep. 15, 2023)
88 Namira Salim  Pakistan First person from Pakistan to go into space. Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023)
89 Kellie Gerardi
February 16, 1989 		 United States Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
90 Ketty Maisonrouge  Italy Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
91 Lina Borozdina  Ukraine /  United States Galactic 06 (Jan. 26, 2024)
92 Jeanette J. Epps
Nov. 2, 1970 		 United States SpaceX Crew-8 (Mar. 4, 2024)[30]
93 Marina Vasilevskaya
Sept. 14, 1990 		 Belarus Soyuz MS-25/MS-24 (Mar. 23, 2024)
94 Carol Schaller  United States Blue Origin NS-25
(May 19 2024)
95 Nicolina Elrick  United Kingdom/ Singapore First Singapore astronaut. Blue Origin NS-26
(August 29 2024)
96 Karsen Kitchen  United States Blue Origin NS-26
(August 29 2024)
97 Sarah Gillis
Jan. 1, 1994 		 United States Twenty-second woman, and first female private spaceflight participant to walk in space. As of October 2024, current record holder for the youngest spacewalker ever. First person to play violin in space. Polaris Dawn (Sep. 10, 2024)
98 Anna Menon
Dec. 24, 1985 		 United States Polaris Dawn (Sep. 10, 2024)
99 Wang Haoze
March , 1990 		 China Shenzhou 19 (Oct. 29, 2024)

Other astronauts and astronaut candidates

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# Image Name Birth date
Death date 		Country Comment
1 Patricia Robertson Mar. 12, 1963
Died May 24, 2001 		 United States NASA Astronaut Group 17, "The Penguins", 1998
2 Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya Nov. 6, 1962  Russia Retired May 27, 2004
3 Marianne Merchez Nov. 25, 1960  Belgium Retired 1995
4 Yvonne Cagle Apr. 24, 1959  United States Retired with the rank of colonel in 2008.[31]
5 Christa McAuliffe Sep. 2, 1948
died Jan. 28, 1986 		 United States Part of the Teacher in Space Project. Would have been the first private citizen in space. 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).
6 Tatyana Kuznetsova Jul. 14, 1941
died Aug. 23, 2018 		 Soviet Union Retired 1969
7 Zhanna Yorkina May 6, 1939
died May 25, 2015 		 Soviet Union Retired 1969
8 Irina Solovyova Sep. 6, 1937  Soviet Union Retired 1969
9 Valentina Ponomaryova Sep. 18, 1933
died November 8, 2023 		 Soviet Union Retired 1969
10 Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons Aug. 3, 1988  Canada 2017 CSA Group
11 Zena Cardman Oct. 26, 1987  United States NASA Astronaut Group 22, "The Turtles", 2017,

SpaceX Crew-9 scheduled to launch Q3 2024[32]

12 Nora Al Matrooshi 1993  United Arab Emirates Emirati Astronaut Group 2
13 Pratiwi Sudarmono Jul. 31, 1952  Indonesia Initially selected for STS-61-H mission for June 1986. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Retired.
14 Sophie Adenot 1982  France Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
15 Rosemary Coogan 1991  United Kingdom Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
16 Meganne Christian 1987  United Kingdom Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
17 Anthea Comellini 1992  Italy Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
18 Sara García Alonso 1989  Spain Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
19 Carmen Possnig 1988  Austria Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
20 Amelie Schoenenwald 1989  Germany Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
21 Nicola Winter 1985  Germany Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
22 Katherine Bennell-Pegg 1984  Australia Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate. Training alongside 2022 ESA Astronaut Group.[33]
23 Mariam Fardous 1984  Saudi Arabia Saudi Astronaut Group 1, selected as Axiom Mission 2 backup, February 12, 2023.[34]
24 Nichole Ayers 1988/1989  United States NASA Astronaut Group 23
25 Christina Birch November 17, 1986  United States NASA Astronaut Group 23
26 Deniz Burnham October 1, 1985  United States NASA Astronaut Group 23
27 Jessica Wittner 1983  United States NASA Astronaut Group 23
28 Lai Ka-ying[35][36]  China CNSA Group 4

See also

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