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Catherine Cady Coleman (born December 14, 1960, in Charleston, South Carolina) is a colonel in the United States Air Force and an astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Catherine Coleman"
Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe ( September 2, 1948– January 28, 1986) was an American teacher from New Hampshire who was selected from among more than 11,000 applicants to be the first teacher in space. She perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christa McAuliffe"
Claudie Haigneré (formerly Claudie André-Deshays; born 13 May 1957) is a former French cosmonaut. She is a rheumatologist with a doctorate in science, majoring neurosciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claudie Haigneré"
Eileen Marie Collins (b. 19 November, 1956 in Elmira, New York) is an American astronaut and a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel. A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eileen Collins"
Elena Vladimirovna Kondakova ( Russian: Елена Владимировна Кондакова; born March 30, 1957) was the third Soviet/ Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elena Kondakova"
Helen Patricia Sharman OBE (born May 30, 1963), is a former British astronaut. She was the first Briton in space, and the first non-Soviet, non-American woman in space on Soyuz TM-12 which took off on May 18, 1991. ...more on Wikipedia about "Helen Sharman"
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N. Jan Davis (b. November 1, 1953) is an American astronaut and the current director of the Safety and Mission Assurance directorate at Marshall Space Flight Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jan Davis"
Janice Elaine Voss (born 8 October 1956) is an American astronaut. ...more on Wikipedia about "Janice E. Voss"
Judith Arlene Resnik ( April 5, 1949 - January 28, 1986) was an astronaut who died at the age of 36 in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion during the launch of the mission STS-51-L. ...more on Wikipedia about "Judith Resnik"
Julie Payette (born October 20, 1963 in Montréal, Québec) is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) who currently works primarily with the United States's National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ...more on Wikipedia about "Julie Payette"
Linda M. Godwin ( Ph.D.) is (at January 2003) a NASA astronaut, working in the Astronaut Office CAPCOM ( Spacecraft Communicator) Branch of the Johnson Space Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linda M. Godwin"
Mae Carol Jemison, M.D. (born October 17, 1956) was the first African-American woman to travel to space. She went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on September 12, 1992. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mae Jemison"
Nancy Jane Currie, Ph.D. ( Colonel, USA) is (at January 2004) the Manager of the Safety and Mission Assurance Office for the Space Shuttle Program at Johnson Space Center. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nancy J. Currie"
Pamela Ann Melroy (born 17 September 1961) is an American astronaut and veteran pilot of two space shuttle missions. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pamela Melroy"
Dr. Roberta Lynn Bondar, OC , O.Ont , MD , Ph.D , D.Sc , F.R.C.P.(C) was a Canadian Astronaut (born December 4, 1945, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.) She holds a B.Sc in zoology and agriculture from the University of Guelph (1968), an M.Sc in experimental pathology from the University of Western Ontario (1971), a Ph.D in neurobiology from the University of Toronto (1974), an MD from McMaster University (1977), and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in neurology 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roberta Bondar"
Sally Kristen Ride (b. May 26, 1951) is a former astronaut and the first American woman to reach outer space, in 1983. She was preceded by two Soviet women, Valentina Tereshkova ( 1963) and Svetlana Savitskaya ( 1982). ...more on Wikipedia about "Sally Ride"
Shannon Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American astronaut who holds records for the longest duration stay in space by a woman and the longest stay in space by an American. She has flown in space five times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shannon Lucid"
Susan J. Helms is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. She was a crew member on four Space Shuttle missions and was a resident of the International Space Station for over five months in 2001. ...more on Wikipedia about "Susan J. Helms"
Susan L. Kilrain(Commander, USN) is a former NASA astronaut, born on October 24, 1961, in Augusta, Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Susan L. Kilrain"
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ( ; born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet female cosmonaut who flew the Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova. She is the daughter of a Soviet military commander Yevgeni Savitsky. ...more on Wikipedia about "Svetlana Savitskaya"
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( ; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 in 1963. ...more on Wikipedia about "Valentina Tereshkova"
Wendy B. Lawrence is a Captain in the US Navy, a helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a NASA astronaut. She is the first female graduate of the US Naval Academy to fly in space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Shuttle flight since the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Wendy B. Lawrence"
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