Yelena Kondakova
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Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova is the third Soviet or Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 o
Kondakova in 1997
Yelena Serova
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Yelena Olegovna Serova is a Russian politician and former cosmonaut. She served as a Deputy in the State Duma of Russian Federation between 2016 and 2021.
Yelena Kondakova
…on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. She was the last Russian woman in space until her successor cosmonaut Elena Serova flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2014. Kondakova was born in Mytishchi in the Moscow Oblast of Russia, but grew up near…
Serova in 2014 in front of Soyuz TMA-14M
Serova works with test samples from the Kaskad cell cultivation experiment in the MRM2.
Serova in 2016