Question: In what year did the country of the oldest female spacefarer cease to exist ?

text: List of female spacefarers
Spacefarers with completed spaceflights

The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight. Although the first woman flew into space in 1963, very early in crewed space exploration, it would not be until almost twenty years later that another flew. Female astronauts went on to become commonplace in the 1980s. This list includes both cosmonauts and astronauts.
# Name Birth date Country Comment Missions ( Launch date )
1 Valentina Tereshkova Mar . 6 , 1937 Soviet Union First woman in space . Youngest woman in space ( aged 26 ) . Only woman to make a solo spaceflight Vostok 6 ( June 16 , 1963 )
2 Svetlana Savitskaya Aug. 8 , 1948 Soviet Union First woman to fly on a space station ( Salyut 7 , 1982 ) . First woman to perform a spacewalk ( July 25 , 1984 ) . First woman to make two spaceflights Soyuz T-5 ( July 19 , 1982 ) Soyuz T-12 ( Jul . 17 , 1984 )
3 Sally Ride May 26 , 1951 died Jul . 23 , 2012 United States First American woman in space STS-7 ( June 18 , 1983 ) STS-41-G ( October 5 , 1984 )
4 Judith Resnik Apr . 5 , 1949 died Jan. 28 , 1986 United States Fourth woman in space , second American woman in space . Died in the Challenger disaster STS-41-D ( Aug. 30 , 1984 ) STS-51-L ( Jan. 28 , 1986 )
5 Kathryn D. Sullivan Oct. 3 , 1951 United States Second woman to perform a spacewalk and the first American to do so ( Oct. 11 , 1984 ) STS-41-G ( Oct. 5 , 1984 ) STS-31 ( Apr . 24 , 1990 ) STS-45 ( Mar . 24 , 1992 )
6 Anna Lee Fisher Aug. 24 , 1949 United States First mother in space STS-51-A ( Nov. 8 , 1984 )
7 Margaret Rhea Seddon Nov. 8 , 1947 United States  STS-51-D ( Apr . 12 , 1985 ) STS-40 ( Jun . 5 , 1991 ) STS-58 ( Oct. 18 , 1993 )
8 Shannon Lucid Jan. 14 , 1943 United States First American woman to fly on a space station ( Mir , 1996 ) . First Chinese-born woman in space . First woman to make a third , a fourth and a fifth spaceflight STS-51-G ( Jun . 17 , 1985 ) STS-34 ( Oct. 18 , 1989 ) STS-43 ( Aug. 2 , 1991 ) STS-58 ( Oct. 18 , 1993 ) STS-76 / 79 ( Mar . 22 , 1996 )
9 Bonnie J. Dunbar Mar . 3 , 1949 United States  STS-61-A ( Oct. 30 , 1985 ) STS-32 ( January 9 , 1990 ) STS-50 ( Jun . 25 , 1992 ) STS-71 ( Jun . 27 , 1995 ) STS-89 ( Jan. 22 , 1998 )
10 Mary L. Cleave Feb. 5 , 1947 United States  STS-61-B ( Nov. 26 , 1985 ) STS-30 ( May 4 , 1989 )
11 Ellen S. Baker Apr . 27 , 1953 United States  STS-34 ( Oct. 18 , 1989 ) STS-50 ( Jun . 25 , 1992 ) STS-71 ( Jun . 27 , 1995 )
12 Kathryn C. Thornton Aug. 17 , 1952 United States Third woman to walk in space . First woman to make multiple EVAs ( May 14-15 , 1992 , Dec. 6 , 1993 , Dec. 8 , 1993 ) STS-33 ( Nov. 22 , 1989 ) STS-49 ( May 7 , 1992 ) STS-61 ( Dec. 2 , 1993 ) STS-73 ( Oct. 20 , 1995 )
13 Marsha Ivins Apr . 15 , 1951 United States  STS-32 ( Jan. 9 , 1990 ) STS-46 ( Jul . 31 , 1992 ) STS-62 ( Mar . 4 , 1994 ) STS-81 ( Jan. 12 , 1997 ) STS-98 ( Feb. 7 , 2001 )
14 Linda M. Godwin Jul . 2 , 1952 United States Fourth woman to walk in space ( March 27 , 1996 , Dec. 10 , 2001 ) STS-37 ( Apr . 5 , 1991 ) STS-59 ( Apr . 9 , 1994 ) STS-76 ( Mar . 22 , 1996 ) STS-108 ( Dec. 5 , 2001 )
15 Helen Sharman May 30 , 1963 United Kingdom First British citizen in space . Second woman to fly on a space station ( Mir , 1991 ) Soyuz TM-12 / TM-11 ( May 18 , 1991 )
16 Tamara E. Jernigan May 7 , 1959 United States Fifth woman to walk in space ( May 30 , 1999 ) STS-40 ( Jun . 5 , 1991 ) STS-52 ( Oct. 22 , 1992 ) STS-67 ( Mar . 2 , 1995 ) STS-80 ( Nov. 19 , 1996 ) STS-96 ( May 27 , 1999 )
17 Millie Hughes-Fulford Dec. 21 , 1945 United States First female payload specialist STS-40 ( Jun . 5 , 1991 )
18 Roberta Bondar Dec. 4 , 1945 Canada First Canadian woman in space . First Ukrainian Canadian woman in space STS-42 ( Jan. 22 , 1992 )
19 Jan Davis Nov. 1 , 1953 United States Went to space with her husband , Mark C. Lee in 1992 . They were the first married couple to go to space together . Member of Alpha Xi Delta fraternity STS-47 ( Sep. 12 , 1992 ) STS-60 ( Feb. 3 , 1994 ) STS-85 ( Aug. 7 , 1997 )
20 Mae Jemison Oct. 17 , 1956 United States First African-American woman in space STS-47 ( Sep. 12 , 1992 )