CHINA SPACE MISSION(Wang Yaping)(01 of57)
Open Image ModalChina\n\nSecond Chinese woman in space.\n\nShenzhou 10 (June 11, 2013)\n\nーーーー\nA picture made available on 12 June 2013 shows Chinese female astronaut Wang Yaping waves to the audience before boarding a spacecraft in Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest, China, 11 June 2013. Three astronauts are onboard a Shenzhou-10 spaceship on a 15-day mission to an experimental space lab, the longest time Chinese astronauts have spent in space. EPA/LIU HUAIYU CHINA OUT \n\n撮影日:2013年06月11日 (credit:EPA=時事)
Liu Yang(02 of57)
Open Image ModalChina\n\nFirst Chinese woman in space.\n\nShenzhou 9 (June 16, 2012) (credit:Wikimedia Commons)
Shannon Walker(03 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSoyuz TMA-19 (June 15, 2010) (credit:NASA)
Naoko Yamazaki(04 of57)
Open Image ModalJapan\n\nSTS-131 (April 5, 2010) (credit:JAXA, NASA)
Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger(05 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-131 (April 5, 2010) (credit:NASA)
Nicole P. Stott(06 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-128 (August 28, 2009)\nSTS-133 (February 24, 2011) (credit:NASA)
K. Megan McArthur(07 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-125 (May 11, 2009) (credit:NASA)
Karen L. Nyberg(08 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-124 (May 31, 2008) (credit:NASA)
Yi So-yeon(09 of57)
Open Image ModalRepublic of Korea\n\nFirst Korean in space.\n\nSTS-124 (May 31, 2008) (credit:NASA)
Barbara Morgan(10 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007) (credit:NASA)
Tracy Caldwell Dyson(11 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007)\nSoyuz TMA-18 (April 2, 2010) (credit:NASA)
Joan Higginbotham(12 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-116 (Dec. 9, 2006) (credit:NASA)
Sunita Williams(13 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-116/117 (Dec. 9, 2006)\nSoyuz TMA-05M (July 15, 2012) (credit:NASA)
Anousheh Ansari(14 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States, Iran\n\nFirst female space tourist, first Iranian in space.\n\nSoyuz TMA-9/8 (Sep. 18, 2006) (credit:NASA)
Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper(15 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-115 (Sep. 9, 2006)\nSTS-126 (Nov. 14, 2008) (credit:NASA)
Lisa Nowak(16 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006) (credit:NASA)
Stephanie Wilson(17 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006)\nSTS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007)\nSTS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010) (credit:NASA)
Laurel B. Clark(18 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nDied in the Columbia disaster. \n\nSTS-107 (Feb. 1, 2003)\n\nCorrection: A previous version of this slide said that Laurel Clark died in the Challenger disaster. Clark actually died in the Columbia disaster. (credit:NASA)
Sandra Magnus(19 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002)\nSTS-126/119 (Nov. 14, 2008)\nSTS-135 (July 8, 2011) (credit:NASA)
Peggy Whitson(20 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-111/113 (Jun. 5, 2002)\nSoyuz TMA-11 (Oct. 10, 2007) (credit:NASA)
Pamela Melroy(21 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States \n\nSTS-92 (Oct. 11, 2000)\nSTS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002)\nSTS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007) (credit:NASA)
Julie Payette(22 of57)
Open Image ModalCanada\n\nSTS-96 (May 27, 1999)\nSTS-127 (July 15, 2009) (credit:NASA)
Janet L. Kavandi(23 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998)\nSTS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000)\nSTS-104 (Jul. 12, 2001) (credit:NASA)
Kathryn P. Hire(24 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-90 (Apr. 17, 1998)\nSTS-130 (Feb. 8, 2010) (credit:NASA)
Kalpana Chawla(25 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nFirst Indian-American woman in space, died in the Columbia disaster.\n\nSTS-87 (Nov. 19, 1997)\nSTS-107 (Feb. 1, 2003) (credit:NASA)
Susan Still Kilrain(26 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States \n\nSTS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997)\nSTS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997) (credit:NASA)
Claudie Haigneré(27 of57)
Open Image ModalFrance\n\nFirst Frenchwoman in space.\n\nSoyuz TM-24/TM-23 (Aug. 17, 1996)\nSoyuz TM-33/32 (Oct. 21, 2001) (credit:Frank Leuband, Wikimedia Commons)
Catherine Coleman(28 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995)\nSTS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999)\nSoyuz TMA-20 (15 December 2010) (credit:NASA)
Mary E. Weber(29 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995)\nSTS-101 (May 19, 2000) (credit:NASA)
Wendy Lawrence(30 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995)\nSTS-86 (Sep. 25, 1997)\nSTS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998)\nSTS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005) (credit:NASA)
Eileen Collins(31 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nFirst female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander.\n\nSTS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995)\nSTS-84 (May 15, 1997)\nSTS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999)\nSTS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005) (credit:NASA)
Yelena V. Kondakova(32 of57)
Open Image ModalRussia\n\nSoyuz TM-20 (Oct. 3, 1994)\nSTS-84 (May 15, 1997) (credit:NASA)
Chiaki Mukai(33 of57)
Open Image ModalJapan\n\nFirst Japanese woman in space.\n\nSTS-65 (Jul. 8, 1994)\nSTS-95 (Oct. 29, 1998) (credit:NASA)
Nancy Currie(34 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\n\nSTS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993)\nSTS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995)\nSTS-88 (Dec. 4, 1998)\nSTS-109 (Mar. 1, 2002) (credit:NASA)
Janice E. Voss(35 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993)\r\nSTS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995)\r\nSTS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997)\r\nSTS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997)\r\nSTS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000) (credit:NASA)
Ellen Ochoa(36 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nFirst Hispanic woman in space.\r\n\r\nSTS-56 (Apr. 8, 1993)\r\nSTS-66 (Nov. 3, 1994)\r\nSTS-96 (May 27, 1999)\r\nSTS-110 (Apr. 8, 2002) (credit:NASA)
Susan J. Helms(37 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-54 (Jan. 13, 1993)\r\nSTS-64 (Sep. 9, 1994)\r\nSTS-78 (Jun. 20, 1996)\r\nSTS-101 (May 19, 2000)\r\nSTS-102/105 (Mar. 8, 2001) (credit:NASA)
Mae Jemison(38 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nFirst African-American woman in space.\r\n\r\nSTS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992) (credit:NASA)
Jan Davis(39 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992)\r\nSTS-60 (Feb. 3, 1994)\r\nSTS-85 (Aug. 7, 1997) (credit:NASA)
Roberta Bondar(40 of57)
Open Image ModalCanada\r\n\r\nFirst Canadian woman in space.\r\n\r\nSTS-42 (Jan. 22, 1992) (credit:NASA, ADM, Wikimedia Commons)
Millie Hughes-Fulford(41 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991) (credit:NASA)
Tamara E. Jernigan(42 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)\r\nSTS-52 (Oct. 22, 1992)\r\nSTS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995)\r\nSTS-80 (Nov. 19, 1996)\r\nSTS-96 (May 27, 1999) (credit:NASA)
Helen Sharman(43 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited Kingdom\r\n\r\nFirst Briton in space.\r\n\r\nSoyuz TM-12/TM-11 (May 18, 1991) (credit:NASA)
Linda M. Godwin(44 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-37 (Apr. 5, 1991)\r\nSTS-59 (Apr. 9, 1994)\r\nSTS-76 (Mar. 22, 1996)\r\nSTS-108 (Dec. 5, 2001) (credit:NASA)
Marsha Ivins(45 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-32 (Jan. 9, 1990)\r\nSTS-46 (Jul. 31, 1992)\r\nSTS-62 (Mar. 4, 1994)\r\nSTS-81 (Jan. 12, 1997)\r\nSTS-98 (Feb. 7, 2001) (credit:NASA)
Kathryn C. Thorton(46 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-33 (Nov. 22, 1989)\r\nSTS-49 (May 7, 1992)\r\nSTS-61 (Dec. 2, 1993)\r\nSTS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995) (credit:NASA)
Ellen S. Baker(47 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989)\r\nSTS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992)\r\nSTS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995) (credit:NASA)
Mary L. Cleave(48 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-61-B (Nov. 26, 1985)\r\nSTS-30 (May 4, 1989) (credit:NASA)
Bonnie J. Dunbar(49 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-61-A (Oct. 30, 1985)\r\nSTS-32 (Jan. 9, 1990)\r\nSTS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992)\r\nSTS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995)\r\nSTS-89 (Jan. 22, 1998) (credit:NASA)
Shannon Lucid(50 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-51-G (Jun. 17, 1985), \r\nSTS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989)\r\nSTS-43 (Aug. 2, 1991)\r\nSTS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993)\r\nSTS-76/79 (Mar. 22, 1996) (credit:NASA)
Margaret Rhea Seddon(51 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-51-D (Apr. 12, 1985)\r\nSTS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)\r\nSTS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993) (credit:NASA)
Anna Lee Fisher(52 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States \r\n\r\nSTS-51-A (Nov. 8, 1984) (credit:NASA)
Kathryn D. Sullivan (53 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nSTS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984)\r\nSTS-31 (Apr. 24, 1990)\r\nSTS-45 (Mar. 24, 1992) (credit:NASA)
Judith Resnik(54 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nFirst Jewish-American in space. Resnik died in the Challenger disaster, along with Christa McAuliffe, who was to have been the first teacher in space.\r\n\r\nSTS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984)\r\nSTS-51-L (Jan. 28, 1986) (credit:NASA)
Sally Ride(55 of57)
Open Image ModalUnited States\r\n\r\nFirst American woman in space.\r\n\r\nSTS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983)\r\nSTS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) (credit:NASA)
Svetlana Savitskaya(56 of57)
Open Image ModalSoviet Union\r\n\r\nSoyuz T-7/T-5 (Aug. 19, 1982)\r\nSoyuz T-12 (Jul. 17, 1984) (credit:Soviet Union Post, Wikimedia Commons)
Valentina Tereshkova(57 of57)
Open Image ModalSoviet Union\r\n\r\nVostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963)\r\n\r\nTereshkova was the first woman in space. (credit:RIA Novosti, Wikimedia Commons)