List of female astronauts
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The following is a list of women who have travelled into space, sorted by date of first flight.
(* = Planned missions)
| # | Name | Country | Comment | Missions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentina Tereshkova Mar. 6, 1937 |
 Soviet Union |
First woman in space. | Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963) |
| 2 | Svetlana Savitskaya Aug. 8, 1948 |
Soviet Union |
First woman to walk in space. | Soyuz T-7/T-5 (Aug. 19, 1982) Soyuz T-12 (Jul. 17, 1984) |
| 3 | Sally Ride May 26, 1951 |
 United States |
First American woman in space. | STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983) STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) |
| 4 | Judith Resnik Apr. 5, 1949 † Jan. 28, 1986 |
United States |
Died in Challenger disaster, first Jewish woman in space. | STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984) STS-51-L (Jan. 28, 1986) |
| 5 | Kathryn D. Sullivan Oct. 3, 1951 |
United States |
First American woman to walk in space. | 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 |
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) |
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| 8 | Shannon Lucid Jan. 14, 1943 |
United States |
First Asian-born woman in space. | 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) |
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| 10 | Mary L. Cleave Feb. 5, 1947 |
United States |
STS-61-B (Nov. 26, 1985) STS-30 (May 4, 1989) |
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| 11 | Ellen S. Baker Apr. 27, 1953 |
United States |
STS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989) STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992) STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995) |
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| 12 | Kathryn C. Thornton Aug. 17, 1952 |
United States |
First woman to make multiple EVAs | 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) |
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| 14 | Linda M. Godwin Jul. 2, 1952 |
United States |
STS-37 (Apr. 5, 1991) STS-59 (Apr. 9, 1994) STS-76 (Mar. 22, 1996) STS-108 (Dec. 5, 2001) |
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| 15 | Helen Sharman May 30, 1963 |
 United Kingdom |
First Briton in space. | Soyuz TM-12/TM-11 (May 18, 1991) |
| 16 | Tamara E. Jernigan May 7, 1959 |
United States |
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) |
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| Millie Hughes-Fulford Dec. 21, 1945 |
United States |
First female Payload Specialist. | STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991) | |
| 18 | Roberta Bondar Dec. 4, 1945 |
 Canada |
First Canadian woman in space. | STS-42 (Jan. 22, 1992) |
| 19 | Jan Davis Nov. 1, 1953 |
United States |
STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992) STS-60 (Feb. 3, 1994) STS-85 (Aug. 7, 1997) |
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| 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 |
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) |
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| 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 |
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) |
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| Nancy 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) |
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| 25 | Chiaki Mukai May 6, 1952 |
 Japan |
First Japanese woman in space. | STS-65 (Jul. 8, 1994) STS-95 (Oct. 29, 1998) |
| 26 | Yelena V. Kondakova Mar. 30, 1957 |
 Russia |
Soyuz TM-20 (Oct. 3, 1994) STS-84 (May 15, 1997) |
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| 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 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) |
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| 29 | Mary E. Weber Aug. 24, 1962 |
United States |
STS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995) STS-101 (May 19, 2000) |
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| 30 | Catherine Coleman Dec. 14, 1960 |
United States |
STS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995) STS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999) |
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| 31 | Claudie Haigneré May 13, 1957 |
 France |
First Frenchwoman in space | Soyuz TM-24/TM-23 (Aug. 17, 1996) Soyuz TM-33/32 (Oct. 21, 2001) |
| 32 | Susan Still Kilrain Oct. 24, 1961 |
United States |
STS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997) STS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997) |
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| 33 | Kalpana Chawla Jul. 1, 1961 † Jan. 16, 2003 |
United States /  India |
Died in the Columbia disaster. First Indian-American woman in space. |
STS-87 (Nov. 19, 1997) STS-107 (Feb. 1, 2003) |
| 34 | Kathryn P. Hire Aug. 26, 1959 |
United States |
STS-90 (Apr. 17, 1998) | |
| 35 | Janet L. Kavandi Jul. 17, 1959 |
United States |
STS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998) STS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000) STS-104 (Jul. 12, 2001) |
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| 36 | Julie Payette Oct. 20, 1963 |
Canada |
STS-96 (May 27, 1999) | |
| 37 | Pamela Melroy Sep. 17, 1961 |
United States |
STS-92 (Oct. 11, 2000) STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002) STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007) |
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| 38 | Peggy Whitson Feb. 9, 1960 |
United States |
As of dec 2007, most time spent on EVA of all female space travellers. First female ISS Commander (ISS Expedition 16) |
STS-111/113 (Jun. 5, 2002) Soyuz TMA-11 (Oct. 10, 2007) |
| 39 | Sandra Magnus Oct. 30, 1964 |
United States |
STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002) *STS-126/119 (Oct. 3, 2008) |
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| 40 | Laurel B. Clark Mar. 10, 1961 † Jan. 16, 2003 |
United States |
Died in the Columbia disaster. | STS-107 (Feb. 1, 2003) |
| 41 | Stephanie Wilson Sep. 27, 1966 |
United States |
STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006) STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007) |
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| Lisa Nowak May 10, 1963 |
United States |
STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006) | ||
| 43 | Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper Feb. 7, 1963 |
United States |
STS-115 (Sep. 9, 2006) *STS-126 (Oct. 3, 2008) |
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| 44 | Anousheh Ansari Sep. 12, 1966 |
United States /  Iran |
Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist | Soyuz TMA-9/8 (Sep. 18, 2006) |
| 45 | Sunita Williams Sep. 19, 1965 |
United States |
As of 2007, holds records for female space travelers: longest spaceflight (195 days), number of space walks (four). |
STS-116/117 (Dec. 1, 2006) |
| Joan Higginbotham Aug. 3, 1964 |
United States |
STS-116 (Dec. 1, 2006) | ||
| 47 | Tracy Caldwell Aug. 14, 1969 |
United States |
STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007) | |
| Barbara Morgan Nov. 28, 1951 |
United States |
First educator astronaut (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) | |
| (51) | K. Megan McArthur Aug. 30, 1971 |
United States |
*STS-125 (Aug. 7, 2008) | |
| (52) | Nicole P. Stott Nov. 11, 1962 |
United States |
*STS-128 (spring 2009) |
