
Flight record
2 flights on padside's record, flying from 1982 to 1984.
2Flights
19d 17hTime in space
3h 34mEVA time
1Spacewalk
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a retired Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk. She set several FAI world records as a pilot.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Moscow
- Education
- Moscow Aviation Institute; Kaluga aviation school
- Awards
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"; International Space Hall of Fame; Hero of the Soviet Union; and 6 more
From Wikidata.
Flights
- Soyuz-U2 | Soyuz T-12July 17, 1984 · 17:40 UTC
- Soyuz-U | Soyuz T-7August 19, 1982 · 17:11 UTC
Spacewalks
- VE-4 EVA1984-07-25
Expeditions
- Salyut 7 EP-41984-07-17 – 1984-07-29
- Salyut 7 EP-21982-08-19 – 1982-08-27
Born 1948-08-08 · age 78