Biographies of extraordinary women
Biographies of extraordinary women
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Shannon Lucid, the woman who has flown in space five times, including an extended mission aboard the Soviet Mir space station, in 1996. She was the only American woman to serve aboard the Mir. Shannon Lucid’s personal data Mother of a …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Chinese astronaut and fighter pilot Liu Yang; commander and deputy director of a flight unit. In June 2012, at the age of 33, she became the first woman from China to reach outer space. The first women to travel into space …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Helen Sharman, British, Doctor in Chemistry. On May 18, 1991, she became the first British cosmonaut to travel into space. She did so aboard the Soyuz TM-12 spacecraft. Helen Sharman’s childhood and early studies Helen Sharman was born on May 30, …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Eileen Collins, American astronaut who performed 4 space flights. She was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle. She was also the first commander of a space mission. Eileen Collins Family and Studies Eileen Collins was born in New York …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Peggy Whitson, American biochemical research astronaut. With her two long-term stays on board the International Space Station, she is NASA’s most experienced astronaut. She holds the record for the number of days in space among all NASA astronauts. The years of …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Svetlana Savitskaya, pilot and Soviet cosmonaut. She was the second woman to travel into space and did so in 1982. She was the first woman to take a spacewalk. She did this during her stay on the Salyut 7 space station …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Ellen Ochoa’s biography, a NASA physicist, scientist and astronaut. Her paternal grandparents were Mexican. Main merits of this Mexican astronaut She was the first woman of Hispanic origin to travel to space and featured in the Astronaut Hall of Fame in the USA. …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography Christina Koch, the American astronaut, along with Jessica Meir, performed an historic spacewalk, outside the International Space Station, in October 2019. A solid scientific background coupled with her privileged intelligence and remarkable physical courage made Christina Koch the special candidate for this …
Click here if you want to see this biography in Spanish translation. Biography of Jessica Meir, American Jewish university professor, scientist, explorer, and astronaut. She is trained to help direct the first human mission to an asteroid and then to Mars. She received physiological, survival training, flight classes and a wide range of technical training …
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