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Svetlana Savitskaya
Astronaut

Svetlana Savitskaya

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Becoming the first woman to perform a spacewalk.

Aerobatic champion · Spacewalk

Born
8 August 1948
Birthplace
Moscow

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Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Savitskaya is a Russian former pilot and Soviet cosmonaut who flew two missions to the Salyut 7 space station.

Early life

Aviation training

Studied at Moscow Aviation Institute and qualified as a test pilot.

Career

  1. 1978

    Test flying

    Joined Yakovlev as a test pilot.

  2. 1980

    Cosmonaut selection

    Entered the Soviet cosmonaut group.

  3. 1982

    First spaceflight

    Flew aboard Soyuz T-7.

Selected work

Aerobatic champion

Won the women’s world aerobatic championship.

Spacewalk

Performed the first spacewalk by a woman during Soyuz T-12.

Beyond work

Youth

Began parachuting as a teenager.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗Additional biographical source ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev / Russian Presidential Press and Information Office. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.