Yelena Kondakova is the third Soviet or Russian woman to fly in space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. She launched on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994, and spent five months aboard the Mir space station before returning in March 1995. Her second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during STS-84 in May 1997, and she remained the last Russian woman in space until Yelena Serova flew in 2014. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Astronaut Role In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Russia, nationality there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Soviet Union, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997.
2. Yelena Kondakova (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Yelena Kondakova lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source 3. Yelena Kondakova (Q255764, Wikidata)
Wikidata item Q255764, P569 (date of birth)Quote, Wikidata item Q255764, P569 (date of birth)
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Wikipedia: Yelena Kondakova
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