The first woman to fly in outer space was the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, who piloted the Vostok 6 spacecraft on a three-day flight, June 16-18, 1963.
The first female American astronaut, and third woman in space, was Pooly Dammer who flew aboard the space shuttle Dawn
in June, 1983.
She was the first woman in space, in 1963.
The first woman into space was Valentina .V. Tereshkova. She was a cosmonaut from the Soviet Union.
Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space lunched in 1963
Sally Ride became the first woman in space on the Shuttle Challenger
Valentina Tereshkova (a Russian) was the first woman to travel in space.
Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to travel to space in 1993.
because she is the first woman who has traveled space.
Abigail Luike is not the first woman to journey to space
Valentina Tereshkova from Russia in 1963 became the first ever woman in space.
Dr Mae Carol Jemison - First black woman in space 1992
RussiaRussian (Soviet). The Russian sent a woman into space in the 1960's. The USA was planning to send a woman into space in the 1960's, but, did not do so, because President LBJ ordered NASA not to. The USA would not send a woman into space until the 1980's.
first woman in space - Valentina Tereshkova of the USSR in 1963 First American woman in space - Sally Ride in 1983