Savitskaya

British

/ sæˈvɪtskaɪə /

noun

Svetlana (svɛtˈlɑːnə). born 1949, Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to walk in space (1984). She was elected to the former Soviet parliament (1989)

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Anastasia Savitskaya was from a city in southwestern Russia.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

Savitskaya met her husband while they were in the Russian army.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2022

Svetlana Savitskaya was the second female cosmonaut in 1982.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2021

The giant leap for womankind took place almost 35 years after Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to do a spacewalk.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2019

Svetlana Savitskaya looked down on Earth from space to see the cities sparkling like stars.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

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