Notable FigureFemale
Svetlana Jevgenievna Savická
born 1948
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySvetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
August 8, 1948
Moscow
Citizenship
Soviet Union · Russia
Occupations & fields
aircraft pilotastronautpoliticianmilitary personnelwriterexplorer
Awards & honours
Order of LeninHero of the Soviet UnionOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th classOrder of the Badge of HonourPilot-Cosmonaut of the USSRMedal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- Field and occupation
- sovětská (ruská) kosmonautka
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