Svetlana Savitskaya

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya ({{lang-ru|????????? ??????????? ?????????}}); born August 8, 1948, in Moscow, Russia, was a Soviet female cosmonaut who flew the Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova. She is the daughter of a Soviet miltary commander Yevgeni Savitsky.

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August 8 - 1948 - Moscow, Russia - Soviet - Cosmonaut - Soyuz T-7 - 1982 - Valentina Tereshkova - Yevgeni Savitsky

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While on the Salyut 7 space station on July 25, 1984, cosmonaut Savitskaya became the first woman ever to perform a space walk. She was outside the space station for 3 hours 35 minutes.

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Salyut 7 - July 25 - 1984 - Space walk

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