The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok VI in 1983.
The first Briton of either sex to fly in space was Helen Sharman, who in 1991 flew aboard the Soviet Soyuz TM-12 and visited the MIR space station.
The first woman (not girl) in space was from Russia-- her name was Valentina Tereshkova, and she flew her first mission in 1963. In America, the first woman astronaut was Sally Ride, who flew her first mission in 1983. (It should be noted that as far back as the 1960s, several other qualified American women, most notably Jerrie Cobb, tried to persuade NASA to allow women to fly into space, but NASA was very resistant to having women astronauts at that time.)
No woman has been on the moon, yet - only twelve men, and only Americans. She was the first American woman to go into space. The first woman to go into space was a Russian - Valentina Tereshkova - in 1963, twenty years before Sally Ride made it.
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Madame Therese Peltier was the first white woman to fly a plane
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space.
Shannon Lucid was the first woman in Oklahoma to fly in space. She was inducted in Oklahoma's Women Hall of Fame.
Tereshkova flew out on June 16, 1963---the first woman to fly in space.
Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.
Dr. Mae C. Jemison
She was the first american woman to fly in space.
1963.Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the first woman in space, now a retired Soviet cosmonaut. She was selected to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963 and become the first woman to fly in space.
Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet engineer, was the first woman to fly into space. She was also the first civilian to fly into space.
1963.Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is the first woman in space, now a retired Soviet cosmonaut. She was selected to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963 and become the first woman to fly in space.
The first woman to travel to space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut. She flew aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, becoming not only the first woman in space but also the first woman to fly solo in space. Tereshkova's historic flight lasted nearly three days and she orbited the Earth 48 times.
The space shuttle that Sally Ride traveled on for her first space mission was the Space Shuttle Challenger. Ride made history in 1983 as the first American woman to fly in space.
In 1963, the Soviet Union launched the first woman into space, Valentina Tereshkova, aboard Vostok 6. She became the first woman to fly to space and orbited the Earth 48 times during her mission. This was a significant milestone in space exploration history.