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Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Savitskaya

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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

Spacewalks

  • VE-4 EVA3h 34m1984-07-25

Expeditions

  • Salyut 7 EP-4Salyut 7 · Flight Engineer1984-07-17 – 1984-07-29
  • Salyut 7 EP-2Salyut 7 · Research Cosmonaut1982-08-19 – 1982-08-27

Born 1948-08-08 · age 78