Query: Give me all female Russian astronauts.

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Aleksey Ovchinin <=SEP=> Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin (Russian: Алексей Николаевич Овчинин) born 28 September 1971 in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russian SFSR is a Russian Air Force major and cosmonaut, selected in 2006.

Aliya Mustafina <=SEP=> Aliya Fargatovna Mustafina  (Russian: Алия́ Фарга́товна Муста́фина, Tatar: Cyrillic Алия Фәрһәт кызы Мостафина, Latin Aliä Färhät qızı Mostafina; born 30 September 1994) is a Tatar born-Russian artistic gymnast who is the 2010 World individual all-around champion, the 2012 Olympic uneven bars champion, the 2013 World balance beam champion and the 2013 European champion in the all-around and on the uneven bars.

Alvin Drew <=SEP=> Colonel Benjamin Alvin Drew (born November 5, 1962) is a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. He has been on two spaceflights; the first was the Space Shuttle mission STS-118 to the International Space Station, in August 2007. Drew's second spaceflight took place in March 2011 on STS-133, another mission to the International Space Station. STS-133 was Space Shuttle Discovery's final mission. Drew took part in two spacewalks while docked to the station.

Anna Dmitrieva <=SEP=> Anna Vladimirovna Dmitrieva (Russian: Анна Владимировна Дми́триева, born 10 December 1940) is a retired female tennis player who competed for the Soviet Union.Anna Dmitrieva was born in an artistic family. Her father was the chief artist in MKhAT and her mother was an actress. Her father died when she was seven years old, and her mother married for the second time a popular composer Kirill Molchanov.Anna started playing tennis at the age of 12.

Anna Kikina <=SEP=> Anna Yuryevna Kikina (born 27 August 1984 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian engineer and test cosmonaut, selected in 2012.

Astronaut <=SEP=> An astronaut (or cosmonaut) is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space travelers, the terms are sometimes applied to anyone who travels into space, including scientists, politicians, journalists, and tourists.Starting in the 1950s up to 2002, astronauts were sponsored and trained exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies.

Boris Morukov <=SEP=> Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (Russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Моруков; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-106 as a mission specialist.

Canadian Astronaut Corps <=SEP=> The Canadian Astronaut Corps is a unit of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)  that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and Russian space missions.

Catherine Coleman <=SEP=> Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the International Space Station on May 23, 2011, as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space.

Charles J. Precourt <=SEP=> Charles Joseph Precourt (born June 29, 1955) is a retired NASA astronaut.  His career in flight began at an early age, and spans his entire lifetime. He served in the US Air Force, piloted numerous jet aircraft, and piloted and commanded the Space Shuttle. Notably, he piloted or commanded several missions which involved docking with the Russian Mir space station and was heavily involved in Russian/US Space relations as well as the International Space Station collaboration.

Chinese women in space <=SEP=> In 2012, China became the third nation to send women into space, after the Soviet Union/Russia and the United States, 49 years after the first female astronaut, Valentina Tereshkova.

Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova <=SEP=> Not to be confused with Darya Petrovna Saltykova. Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova (Russian: Дарья Николаевна Салтыкова; née Ivanova, commonly known as Saltychikha) (November 3, 1730 – December 27, 1801) was a Russian sadist, serial killer and noble from Moscow who became notorious for torturing and killing over 100 of her serfs, mostly women and girls.Darya Nikolayevna married young into the famous Saltykov family.

Eileen Collins <=SEP=> Eileen Marie Collins (born November 19, 1956) is a retired NASA astronaut and a retired United States Air Force colonel.  A former military instructor and test pilot, Collins was the first female pilot and first female commander of a Space Shuttle. She was awarded several medals for her work. Colonel Collins has logged 38 days 8 hours and 10 minutes in outer space. Collins retired on May 1, 2006 to pursue private interests, including service as a board member of USAA.

Elena Glinskaya <=SEP=> Elena Vasilyevna Glinskaya (Russian: Елена Васильевна Глинская ; c. 1510 – 4 (13) April 1538, Moscow) was the second wife of Grand Prince Vasili III and regent of Russia for 5 years (1533–38).

Ellen S. Baker <=SEP=> Ellen Louise Shulman Baker, M.D., M.P.H. (born April 27, 1953) is an American physician and a NASA astronaut. Baker serves as Chief of the Education/Medical Branch of the NASA Astronaut Office.

European Astronaut Corps <=SEP=> The European Astronaut Corps is a unit of the European Space Agency (ESA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members on U.S. and Russian space missions. As of Nov 2014, 24 ESA astronauts have flown in space, including two women. There are currently 15 active members of the Corps. The European Astronaut Corps is based at the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, Germany.

Extravehicular activity <=SEP=> Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut or cosmonaut outside a spacecraft beyond the Earth's appreciable atmosphere. The term most commonly applies to a spacewalk made outside a craft orbiting Earth (such as the International Space Station), but also has applied to lunar surface exploration (commonly known as moonwalks) performed by six pairs of American astronauts in the Apollo program from 1969 to 1972.

Gennady Padalka <=SEP=> Gennady Ivanovich Padalka (Russian: Гeннадий Иванович Падалка; born June 21, 1958, in Krasnodar, Russia) is a Russian Air Force officer and an RKA cosmonaut. Padalka has spent 879 days in space, more than any other person. He worked on both Mir and the International Space Station.

Gregory Chamitoff <=SEP=> Gregory Errol Chamitoff (born 6 August 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is an engineer and NASA astronaut. He was assigned to Expedition 17 and flew to the International Space Station on STS-124, launching 31 May 2008. He was in space 198 days, joining Expedition 18 after Expedition 17 left the station, and returned to Earth 30 November 2008 on STS-126.

Human spaceflight <=SEP=> Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew aboard the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.The first human spaceflight was launched by the Soviet Union on 12 April 1961 as a part of the Vostok program, with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard.

Irina Solovyova <=SEP=> Irina Bayanovna Solovyova (Russian: Ирина Баяновна Соловьева) (born September 6, 1937) was one of the five women chosen in the female group, now a retired Soviet cosmonaut. She never flew into space, but was chosen as the backup to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space via Vostok 6 in June, 1963.

Jerry M. Linenger <=SEP=> Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955), M.D., M.S.S.M., M.P.H., Ph.D., is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.

Joseph M. Acaba <=SEP=> Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba (born May 17, 1967) is an educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. He completed his training on February 10, 2006 and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to March 28, 2009 to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.

Judith Resnik <=SEP=> Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American engineer and a NASA astronaut who died when the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed during the launch of mission STS-51-L.Resnik was the second American female astronaut, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and had a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland. The IEEE Judith Resnik Award for space engineering is named in her honor.

Julia Berezikova <=SEP=> Julia Berezikova (Russian: Юлия Березикова, tr. Julija Berezikova; born (1983-11-17)November 17, 1983) is a Russian female mixed martial artist and boxer. She is currently the #7-ranked 125-pound female fighter in the world according to the Unified Women's MMA Rankings.

Kathryn D. Sullivan <=SEP=> Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American geologist and a former NASA astronaut. A crew member on three Space Shuttle missions, she is the first American woman to walk in space. She is the current Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 6, 2014.

Kenneth D. Cameron <=SEP=> Kenneth Donald Cameron (born November 29, 1949), (Col, USMC, Ret.), is a retired American naval aviator, test pilot, engineer, U.S. Marine Corps officer, and NASA astronaut.

Konstantin Kozeyev <=SEP=> Konstantin Mirovich Kozeyev (Russian: Константин Мирович Козеев) is a Russian cosmonaut.

Konstantin Valkov <=SEP=> Konstantin Anatolyevich Valkov (Russian: Константин Анатольевич Вальков; November 11, 1971- ) is a Russian former Cosmonaut. He was selected as part of the TsPK-12 Cosmonaut group in 1997.

Lena Katina <=SEP=> Elena Sergeevna Katina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Катина, born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian singer and songwriter who is best known for her work with Russian duo t.A.T.u. She started her career at the age of eight, joining the Russian children's act Avenue, then not long after Neposedi. In 1999 Ivan Shapovalov had chosen Lena Katina for his project, t.A.T.u., as well with Julia Volkova. The duo would later become Russia's most successful pop music act.

List of Apollo astronauts <=SEP=> Thirty-two astronauts were assigned to fly in the Apollo manned lunar landing program. Twenty-four of these left Earth’s orbit and flew around the Moon (Apollo 1 never launched and Apollo 7 and Apollo 9 were low Earth orbit spacecraft testing missions). In addition, nine astronauts flew Apollo spacecraft in the Apollo Applications Programs Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project.Twelve of these astronauts walked on the Moon’s surface, and six of those drove Lunar Roving Vehicles on the Moon.

List of cosmonauts <=SEP=> This is a list of cosmonauts who have taken part in the missions of the Soviet space program and the Russian Federal Space Agency, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.Soviet and Russian cosmonauts born outside Russia are marked with an asterisk and their place of birth is shown in an additional list.For the full plain lists of Russian and Soviet cosmonauts in Wikipedia, see Category:Russian cosmonauts and Category:Soviet cosmonauts.

List of female astronauts <=SEP=> 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 space travelers from the former Soviet Union, who are called cosmonauts.)

List of female explorers and travelers <=SEP=> This is a list of women who explored or travelled the world in a pioneering way. The list may include women sailors, mountain climbers, dog sledders, swimmers, pilots, and underwater explorers. Astronauts are not included here but in the list of female astronauts.

List of fictional astronauts <=SEP=> This is an incomplete list of fictional astronauts appearing in various media, including books, film, television shows (live or animated), radio shows, records, and comic books.To be included in this list, a fictional astronaut must be modeled upon actual astronauts of real-world space programs, as they have actually existed since the beginning of the Space Age, or were envisioned in the years leading up to the Space Age.

List of space travelers by nationality <=SEP=> The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The FAI defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi).  In the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 80 kilometres (50 mi) are awarded astronaut wings. The majority of people who have flown into space have done so by entering Earth orbit.

List of spacewalkers <=SEP=> This is a list of all astronauts who have engaged in an EVA by partly or fully leaving a spacecraft, exclusive of extravehicular activity on the lunar surface.

Lists of astronauts <=SEP=> List of astronauts may refer to: List of astronauts by name List of space travelers by name

Liu Yang (astronaut) <=SEP=> Liu Yang (simplified Chinese: 刘洋; traditional Chinese: 劉洋; pinyin: Liú Yáng; born October 6, 1978) is a Chinese pilot and astronaut who served as a crew member on the space mission Shenzhou 9. On 16 June 2012, Liu became the first Chinese woman in space.

Maksim Ponomaryov <=SEP=> Maksim Vladimirovich Ponomaryov (Russian: М.В. Пономарев), born on February 20, 1980, captain of Russian Air Force, is a Russian cosmonaut, selected in 2006.

Marina Goldovskaya <=SEP=> Marina Goldovskaya, (born 1941) is an eminent Russian born documentary cinematographer famed for her candid portrayal of people. She has documented many types of people including simple folk, seamstresses, a female astronaut, literary and artistic legends, as well as political leaders.The recipient of numerous documentary film and lifetime achievement awards, she currently serves as a professor at the UCLA School of Film and Television in Los Angeles.

Matest M. Agrest <=SEP=> Mates (Matest) Mendelevich Agrest (20 July 1915 – 20 September 2005) was a Russian-born Jewish mathematician and a proponent of the paleocontact hypothesis.

Maximum Absorbency Garment <=SEP=> A Maximum Absorbency Garment (MAG) is a piece of clothing NASA astronauts wear during liftoff, landing, and extra-vehicular activity (EVA) to absorb urine and feces. It is worn by both male and female astronauts. Astronauts can urinate into the MAG, and usually wait to defecate when they return to the spacecraft. However, the MAG is rarely used for this purpose, since the astronauts use the facilities of the station before EVA and also time the consumption of the in-suit water.

Mercury Seven <=SEP=> The Mercury Seven were the group of seven Mercury astronauts announced by NASA on April 9, 1959. They are also referred to as the Original Seven or Astronaut Group 1.  They piloted the manned spaceflights of the Mercury program from May 1961 to May 1963.

NASA Astronaut Corps <=SEP=> The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions.  It is based at Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

NASA Astronaut Group 3 <=SEP=> Astronaut Group 3 was the third group of astronauts selected by NASA.  Their selection was announced in October 1963.  Fourteen astronauts made up Group 3. Four died in training accidents before they could fly in space. All of the surviving ten flew in the Apollo program; five also flew Gemini missions. Aldrin, Bean, Cernan and Scott walked on the Moon.

Nadezhda Durova <=SEP=> Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova (Russian: Наде́жда Андре́евна Ду́рова) (September 17, 1783 – March 21, 1866), also known as Alexander Durov, Alexander Sokolov and Alexander Andreevich Alexandrov, was a woman who, while disguised as a man, became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. She was the first known female officer in the Russian military.

Naoko Yamazaki <=SEP=> Naoko Yamazaki (山崎 直子, Yamazaki Naoko, born December 27, 1970) is a former Japanese astronaut at JAXA, the second Japanese woman to qualify. The first was Chiaki Mukai.

Natasha Shneider <=SEP=> Natasha Shneider (Russian: Наташа Шнайдер; May 22, 1956 – July 2, 2008) was a Russian musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. Shneider contributed to tracks for Queens of the Stone Age and together with Johannes toured with Queens in 2005 on their Lullabies to Paralyze tour.  She died of cancer in 2008.

Olga Erofeeva <=SEP=> Olga Erofeeva (Russian: Ольга Ерофеева; born 1985) is a Russian professional triathlete, 2011 National Elite Duathlon Champion, and National Aquathlon Vice-Champion of 2011.In the Russian Ranking for 2010, which is based upon various national and international events, Erofeeva's name is among the top twenty female triathletes although Erofeeva did not attend any of the Russian competitions and her result is due to the only ITU event of 2010 she took part in.In April 2011, Erofeeva had her international breakthrough.

Pedro Duque <=SEP=> Pedro Duque Duque (born 14 March 1963) is a Spanish astronaut and a veteran of two space missions.Duque earned a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in 1986. He worked for GMV and for the European Space Agency (ESA) for six years before being selected as an astronaut candidate in 1992. Duque underwent training in both Russia and the United States.

Peggy Whitson <=SEP=> HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "date_death" is not recognizedPeggy Annette Whitson (born February 9, 1960) is an American biochemistry researcher, NASA astronaut, and former NASA Chief Astronaut. Her first space mission was in 2002, with an extended stay aboard the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 5. Her second mission launched October 10, 2007, as the first female commander of the ISS with Expedition 16.

Roberta Bondar <=SEP=> Roberta Bondar OC O.Ont FRCP(C) FRSC (/ˌbɒnˈdɑr/; born December 4, 1945) is Canada's first female astronaut and the first neurologist in space. Following more than a decade as NASA's head of space medicine, Bondar became a consultant and speaker in the business, scientific, and medical communities.Bondar has received many honours including the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the NASA Space Medal, over 22 honorary degrees and induction into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

Ronald J. Garan, Jr. <=SEP=> HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "religion" is not recognizedRonald John Garan, Jr. (born October 30, 1961) is a NASA astronaut.  After graduating from State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1982, he joined the Air Force, becoming a Second Lieutenant in 1984.  He became an F-16 pilot, and flew combat missions in Desert Shield and Desert Storm.  Before becoming an astronaut he was the Operations Officer of the 40th Flight Test Squadron (FTS).

STS-105 <=SEP=> STS-105 was a mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station, launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 10 August 2001. This mission was Discovery's final mission until STS-114, because Discovery was grounded for a refit, and then all Shuttles were grounded in the wake of the Columbia disaster. The refit included an update of the flight deck to the glass cockpit layout, which was already installed on Atlantis and Columbia.

STS-131 <=SEP=> STS-131 (ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).  Space Shuttle Discovery launched on 5 April 2010 at 6:21 am from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, and landed at 9:08 am on 20 April 2010 on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility.

STS-63 <=SEP=> STS-63 was the second mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried out the first rendezvous of the American Space Shuttle with Russia's space station Mir. Known as the 'Near-Mir' mission, the flight used Space Shuttle Discovery, which lifted off from launch pad 39B on 3 February 1995 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

STS-71 <=SEP=> STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. It started on 27 June 1995 with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard. Atlantis returned to Earth on 7 July with a crew of eight.

Sally Ride <=SEP=> Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983. She remains the youngest American astronaut to have traveled to space, having done so at the age of 32. After flying twice on the Orbiter Challenger, she left NASA in 1987.

Shannon Walker <=SEP=> Shannon Walker (born 4 June 1965 in Houston, Texas) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut, whose first space mission was Expedition 24 on the International Space Station with take-off on 15 June 2010. She is married to a fellow NASA astronaut, the Australian-born Andy Thomas. She is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and The Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots.

Soyuz TM-24 <=SEP=> Soyuz TM-24 was the 27th expedition to Mir. Soyuz TM-24 carried a crew of three. The crew consisted of Cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Aleksandr Kaleri, and the first French woman in space, Claudie André-Deshays. They joined American astronaut Shannon Lucid and Mir 21 crewmates Yuri Onufriyenko and Yuri Usachev. André-Deshays carried out biological and medical experiments on Mir for 16 days before returning to Earth with Onufriyenko and Usachev.

Soyuz TMA-11 <=SEP=> Soyuz TMA-11 was a human spaceflight mission using a Soyuz-TMA spacecraft to transport personnel to and from the International Space Station (ISS). The mission began at 13:22 UTC on October 10, 2007 when the spacecraft was launched  from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle. It brought to the station two members of the ISS Expedition 16 crew, as well as Sheikh Muszaphar, the first Malaysian in space.

Soyuz TMA-8 <=SEP=> Soyuz TMA-8 was a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS)  launched by a Soyuz FG launch vehicle.

Sunita Williams <=SEP=> HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "origin" is not recognizedHIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "Religion" is not recognizedSunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indian-Slovenian descent. She holds the records for total spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).Williams was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and Expedition 15.

Svetlana Khorkina <=SEP=> Svetlana Vasilyevna Khorkina (Russian: Светлана Васильевна Хоркина; born 19 January 1979) is a Russian artistic gymnast.  She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2000 Summer Olympics, and the 2004 Summer Olympics.  Throughout her career, Khorkina won seven Olympic medals and twenty World Championship medals.  She was the first gymnast to win three all around titles at the World Championships and is still the only female gymnast ever to do so.

Svetlana Savitskaya <=SEP=> Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born August 8, 1948) is a former Soviet aviator and cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova.

Tatyana Kuznetsova <=SEP=> Tatyana Dmitryevna Kuznetsova (Татьяна Дмитриевна Кузнецова, born 14 July 1941) is a former Soviet cosmonaut. She is the youngest person ever selected by a government human spaceflight program.In December 1961, the selection of female cosmonaut trainees was authorised by the Soviet government, with the specific intention of ensuring the first woman in space was a Soviet citizen.

Valentina Ponomaryova <=SEP=> Valentina Leonidovna Ponomaryova (Russian: Валентина Леонидовна Пономарёва, born 18 September 1933) is a former Soviet cosmonaut, pilot and scientist.Left the school for girls №156 in Moscow with a gold medal, 1951. Graduated from Moscow Aviation Institute, 1957, and Zhukovsky-Academy, Monino, 1967.In December 1961, the selection of female cosmonauts was authorised by the Soviet Government, with the specific intention of ensuring the first woman in space was a Soviet citizen.

Valentina Tereshkova <=SEP=> Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə]; born 6 March 1937) is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

Valeri Polyakov <=SEP=> Valeri Vladimirovich Polyakov (Russian: Валерий Владимирович Поляков, born Valeri Ivanovich Korshunov on April 27, 1942) is a Russian former cosmonaut. He is the holder of the record for the longest single spaceflight in human history, staying aboard the Mir space station for more than 14 months (437 days 18 hours) during one trip. His combined space experience is more than 22 months.Selected as a cosmonaut in 1972, Polyakov made his first flight into space aboard Soyuz TM-6 in 1988.

Viktoria Komova <=SEP=> Viktoria Aleksandrovna Komova (Russian: Виктория Александровна Комова; born 30 January 1995) is a Russian artistic gymnast.  She is two-time Olympic medallist, winning silver medals in the All Around and Team event at the 2012 Olympics. She is also 2011 World Uneven Bars Champion and All Around silver medallist. On the junior level, she is the 2010 Youth Olympics All Around Champion, Uneven Bars Champion, Vault Champion, and Floor Exercise bronze medallist.

Wendy B. Lawrence <=SEP=> HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "date_death" is not recognizedWendy Barrien Lawrence (born July 2, 1959) is a retired United States Navy Captain, former helicopter pilot, an engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. She was the first female graduate of the United States Naval Academy to fly into space and she has also visited the Russian Space Station Mir. She was a mission specialist on STS-114, the first Space Shuttle flight after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Women's Battalion <=SEP=> Women's Battalions were all-female combat units formed after the February Revolution by the Russian Provisional Government in a last-ditch effort to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting in World War I. In the spring of 1917, male shock units and battalions of death were created from pools of enthusiastic volunteers to lead the way in battle.

Yelena Kondakova <=SEP=> Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Кондакóва; born March 30, 1957) was the third Soviet/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 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station.

Yelena Serova <=SEP=> HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "size" is not recognizedYelena Olegovna Serova (Russian: Елена Олеговна Серова, born April 22, 1976) is a Russian cosmonaut. She was selected as a cosmonaut in 2006 and was assigned in 2011 to Expedition 41, which launched in September 2014 and returned to Earth in March 2015. Serova became the first female Russian cosmonaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) on 26 September 2014.

Yuri Gagarin Secondary School (Isfana) <=SEP=> Yuri Gagarin Secondary School (Russian: Средняя школа имени Юрия Гагарина; Kyrgyz: Юрий Гагарин атындагы орто мектеби) is a secondary school in Isfana, Kyrgyzstan. Although the school is called a secondary school, it offers classes for grades one through eleven. The school has Russian and Kyrgyz classes.Yuri Gagarin Secondary School is named after the Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin. It is the only school in Isfana where students can complete the whole eleven-year school term in Russian.

Yury Glazkov <=SEP=> Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (Russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force.

Zhanna Yorkina <=SEP=> Zhanna Dmitriyevna Yorkina (Russian: Жанна Дмитриевна Ёркина; born 6 May 1939, died 15 May 2015) is a former Soviet Cosmonaut.In December 1961, the selection of female cosmonaut trainees was authorized by the Soviet government, with the specific intention of ensuring the first woman in space was a Soviet citizen. In February 1962, Yorkina was selected as a member of a group of five female cosmonauts to be trained for a solo spaceflight in a Vostok spacecraft.