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How many women have been to space?

Updated: 9/11/2023
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40 women have made it to space. They include:

  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • Svetlana Savitskaya
  • Sally K. Ride
  • Kathryn D. Sullivan
  • Mae C. Jemison
  • Eileen M. Collins
  • Peggy Whitson
  • Susan Still
  • Pamela Ann Melroy
  • Judith A. Resnik
  • Sharon Christa McAuliffe
  • Shannon W. Lucid
  • Ellen S. Baker
  • Bonnie J. Dunbar
  • Marsha S. Ivins
  • Tamara E. Jernigan
  • M. Rhea Seddon
  • Millie Hughes-Fulford
  • N. Jan Davis
  • Nancy J. Sherlock
  • Janice E. Voss
  • Wendy B. Lawrence
  • Nancy Jane Currie
  • Mary Ellen Weber
  • Kathryn C. Thornton
  • Catherine G. Coleman
  • Linda M. Godwin
  • Susan L. Still
  • Elena V. Kondakova
  • Janet L. Kavandi
  • Ellen Ochoa
  • Julie Payette
  • Susan J. Helms
  • Sandra Magnus
  • Kalpana Chawla
  • Laurel Clark
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