Svetlana Savitskaya

Astronaut

Birthday August 8, 1948

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Russia

Age 76 years old

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About

Soviet cosmonaut who became the second woman in space and the first woman to conduct a spacewalk.

Before Fame

She was born to a Soviet military commander.

Trivia

She visited the Salyut 7 Space Station twice.

Family Life

She married and had one child.

Associated With

She went to space 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.