List of women astronauts

Last updated April 06, 2024

The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight. This list includes Russian cosmonauts, who were the first women in outer space. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to go to space in 1963, very early in crewed space exploration, and it would be almost twenty years before another flew (Svetlana Savitskaya).

History

As of May 2023^[update], of the 634 total space travelers (FAI),^[1] 73 have been women. There have been one each from France, Italy, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom; two each from Canada, China, and Japan; six from the Soviet Union/Russia; and 56 from the United States.^[2] The time between the first male and first female astronauts varied widely by country. The first astronauts originally from Britain, South Korea, and Iran were women, while there was a two-year gap in Russia from the first man in space on Vostok 1 to the first woman in space on Vostok 6. The time between the first American man and first American woman in space was 22 years between Freedom 7 and STS-7, respectively. For China, this interval was almost eight and a half years between the Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 9 space missions,^[3] and for Italy, there was approximately twelve years between the STS-46 and Expedition 42 spaceflights.

A span of 19 years separated the first two women in space. They were cosmonauts on the Vostok 6 and Soyuz T-7 missions. Though the Soviet Union sent the first two women into space, only six of the women in space have been Russian or Soviet citizens. However, British, French, Italian, dual-citizen Iranian-American and South Korean women have all flown as part of the Soviet and Russian space programs. Similarly, women from Canada, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program. A span of one year separated the first and second American women in space,^[4] as well as the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10.^[5]

Spacefarers with current and completed spaceflights


#	Name Birth date	Country	Comment	Missions (Launch date)
1	Valentina Tereshkova Mar. 6, 1937	Soviet Union	First woman in space. Only woman to make a solo spaceflight.	Vostok 6 (Jun. 16, 1963)^[6]
2	Svetlana Savitskaya Aug. 8, 1948	Soviet Union	First woman to fly on a space station (Salyut 7, 1982). First woman to perform a spacewalk (Jul. 25, 1984). First woman to make two spaceflights.	Soyuz T-5 (Jul. 19, 1982) Soyuz T-12 (Jul. 17, 1984)
3	Sally Ride May 26, 1951 died Jul. 23, 2012	United States	First American woman in space.	STS-7 (Jun. 18, 1983) STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984)
4	Judith Resnik Apr. 5, 1949 died Jan. 28, 1986	United States	Fourth woman in space, second American woman in space. First Jewish woman in space. Died in the Challenger disaster.	STS-41-D (Aug. 30, 1984) STS-51-L (Jan. 28, 1986)
5	Kathryn D. Sullivan Oct. 3, 1951	United States	Second woman to perform a spacewalk. (Oct. 11, 1984).	STS-41-G (Oct. 5, 1984) STS-31 (Apr. 24, 1990) STS-45 (Mar. 24, 1992)
6	Anna Lee Fisher Aug. 24, 1949	United States	First mother in space.^[7]	STS-51-A (Nov. 8, 1984)
7	Margaret Rhea Seddon Nov. 8, 1947	United States		STS-51-D (Apr. 12, 1985) STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991) STS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993)
8	Shannon Lucid Jan. 14, 1943	United States	First American woman to fly on a space station ( Mir , 1996). First Chinese-born woman in space. First woman to make a third, a fourth and a fifth spaceflight.	STS-51-G (Jun. 17, 1985) STS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989) STS-43 (Aug. 2, 1991) STS-58 (Oct. 18, 1993) STS-76/79 (Mar. 22, 1996)
9	Bonnie J. Dunbar Mar. 3, 1949	United States		STS-61-A (Oct. 30, 1985) STS-32 (Jan. 9, 1990) STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992) STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995) STS-89 (Jan. 22, 1998)
10	Mary L. Cleave Feb. 5, 1947	United States		STS-61-B (Nov. 26, 1985) STS-30 (May 4, 1989)
11	Ellen S. Baker Apr. 27, 1953	United States		STS-34 (Oct. 18, 1989) STS-50 (Jun. 25, 1992) STS-71 (Jun. 27, 1995)
12	Kathryn C. Thornton Aug. 17, 1952	United States	Third woman to walk in space. First woman to make multiple EVAs (May 14–15, 1992, Dec. 6, 1993, Dec. 8, 1993)	STS-33 (Nov. 22, 1989) STS-49 (May 7, 1992) STS-61 (Dec. 2, 1993) STS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995)
13	Marsha Ivins Apr. 15, 1951	United States		STS-32 (Jan. 9, 1990) STS-46 (Jul. 31, 1992) STS-62 (Mar. 4, 1994) STS-81 (Jan. 12, 1997) STS-98 (Feb. 7, 2001)
14	Linda M. Godwin Jul. 2, 1952	United States	Fourth woman to walk in space (March 27, 1996, Dec. 10, 2001)	STS-37 (Apr. 5, 1991) STS-59 (Apr. 9, 1994) STS-76 (Mar. 22, 1996) STS-108 (Dec. 5, 2001)
15	Helen Sharman May 30, 1963	United Kingdom	First British citizen in space. Second woman to fly on a space station ( Mir , 1991).	Soyuz TM-12/TM-11 (May 18, 1991)
16	Tamara E. Jernigan May 7, 1959	United States	Fifth woman to walk in space (May 30, 1999)	STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991) STS-52 (Oct. 22, 1992) STS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995) STS-80 (Nov. 19, 1996) STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
17	Millie Hughes-Fulford Dec. 21, 1945 died Feb. 2, 2021	United States	First female payload specialist.	STS-40 (Jun. 5, 1991)
18	Roberta Bondar Dec. 4, 1945	Canada	First Canadian woman in space. First Ukrainian Canadian woman in space.	STS-42 (Jan. 22, 1992)
19	Nancy Jan Davis Nov. 1, 1953	United States	Went to space with her husband, Mark C. Lee in 1992. They were the first married couple to go to space together.	STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992) STS-60 (Feb. 3, 1994) STS-85 (Aug. 7, 1997)
20	Mae Jemison Oct. 17, 1956	United States	First African American woman in space	STS-47 (Sep. 12, 1992)
21	Susan J. Helms Feb. 26, 1958	United States	The sixth woman to walk in space (March 11, 2001). The longest duration EVA by a woman (8h 56m).^[8]	STS-54 (Jan. 13, 1993) STS-64 (Sep. 9, 1994) STS-78 (Jun. 20, 1996) STS-101 (May 19, 2000) STS-102/105 (Mar. 8, 2001)
22	Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958	United States	First Hispanic woman in space.	STS-56 (Apr. 8, 1993) STS-66 (Nov. 3, 1994) STS-96 (May 27, 1999) STS-110 (Apr. 8, 2002)
23	Janice E. Voss Oct. 8, 1956 died Feb. 6, 2012	United States		STS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993) STS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995) STS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997) STS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997) STS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000)
24	Nancy J. Currie Dec. 29, 1958	United States		STS-57 (Jun. 21, 1993) STS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995) STS-88 (Dec. 4, 1998) STS-109 (Mar. 1, 2002)
25	Chiaki Mukai May 6, 1952	Japan	First Japanese woman and first Asian woman in space.	STS-65 (Jul. 8, 1994) STS-95 (Oct. 29, 1998)
26	Yelena V. Kondakova Mar. 30, 1957	Russia	First Russian woman to travel in 2 different spacecraft, Soyuz TM-20 and STS-84 both were on trips to Mir Space Station, and 1st Russian woman to travel on the Space Shuttle.	Soyuz TM-20 (Oct. 3, 1994) STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
27	Eileen Collins Nov. 19, 1956	United States	First female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander.	STS-63 (Feb. 3, 1995) STS-84 (May 15, 1997) STS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999) STS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005)
28	Wendy B. Lawrence Jul. 2, 1959	United States		STS-67 (Mar. 2, 1995) STS-86 (Sep. 25, 1997) STS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998) STS-114 (Jul. 26, 2005)
29	Mary E. Weber Aug. 24, 1962	United States		STS-70 (Jul. 13, 1995) STS-101 (May 19, 2000)
30	Catherine Coleman Dec. 14, 1960	United States		STS-73 (Oct. 20, 1995) STS-93 (Jul. 23, 1999) Soyuz TMA-20 (Dec. 15, 2010)
31	Claudie Haigneré May 13, 1957	France	First Frenchwoman in space. 1996 flight as Claudie André-Deshays	Soyuz TM-24/TM-23 (Aug. 17, 1996) Soyuz TM-33/32 (Oct. 21, 2001)
32	Susan Still Kilrain Oct. 24, 1961	United States	Second female shuttle pilot.	STS-83 (Apr. 4, 1997) STS-94 (Jul. 1, 1997)
33	Kalpana Chawla Jul. 1, 1961 died Feb. 1, 2003	United States	First Asian American (Indian origin, naturalized U.S. citizen) woman in space. First Hindu woman in space. Died in the Columbia disaster.	STS-87 (Nov. 19, 1997) STS-107 (Jan. 16, 2003)
34	Kathryn P. Hire Aug. 26, 1959	United States		STS-90 (Apr. 17, 1998) STS-130 (Feb. 8, 2010)
35	Janet L. Kavandi Jul. 17, 1959	United States		STS-91 (Jun. 2, 1998) STS-99 (Feb. 11, 2000) STS-104 (Jul. 12, 2001)
36	Julie Payette Oct. 20, 1963	Canada	Second Canadian woman in space. First French Canadian woman in space. Later became Governor General of Canada.	STS-96 (May 27, 1999) STS-127 (Jul. 15, 2009)
37	Pamela Melroy Sep. 17, 1961	United States	Second female shuttle commander. Appointed Deputy Administrator of NASA June 21, 2021	STS-92 (Oct. 11, 2000) STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002) STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007)
38	Peggy Whitson Feb. 9, 1960	United States	Most time in space (cumulative) for a US astronaut (675 days) Seventh woman to walk in space (Aug. 16, 2002, Nov. 9, 2007, Nov. 20, 2007, Nov. 24, 2007, Dec. 18, 2007, Jan. 30, 2007, Jan. 6, 2017, Mar. 30, 2017, May 12, 2017, May 23, 2017). Most EVAs (10) and most time spent on EVA (60 hrs 21 min)^[9] of all female space travelers. First female ISS commander (ISS Expedition 16).	STS-111/113 (Jun. 5, 2002) Soyuz TMA-11 (Oct. 10, 2007) Soyuz MS-03/04 (Nov. 17, 2016) Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023)
39	Sandra Magnus Oct. 30, 1964	United States		STS-112 (Oct. 7, 2002) STS-126/119 (Nov. 14, 2008) STS-135 (Jul. 8, 2011)
40	Laurel B. Clark Mar. 10, 1961 died Feb. 1, 2003	United States	Died in the Columbia disaster.	STS-107 (Jan. 16, 2003)
41	Stephanie Wilson Sep. 27, 1966	United States		STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006) STS-120 (Oct. 23, 2007) STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
42	Lisa Nowak May 10, 1963	United States		STS-121 (Jul. 4, 2006)
43	Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper Feb. 7, 1963	United States	Eighth woman to walk in space (Sep. 12, 2006, Sep. 15, 2006, Nov. 18-19, 2008, Nov. 20-21, 2008, Nov. 22-23, 2008). First Ukrainian American woman in space.	STS-115 (Sep. 9, 2006) STS-126 (Nov. 14, 2008)
44	Anousheh Ansari Sep. 12, 1966	Iran / United States	Fourth space tourist and first female space tourist. First Iranian and first Muslim woman in space.	Soyuz TMA-9/8 (Sep. 18, 2006)
45	Sunita Williams Sep. 19, 1965^[10]	United States	Ninth woman to walk in space (Dec. 16, 2006, Jan. 31, 2007, Feb. 4, 2007, Feb. 8, 2007, Aug. 30, 2012, Sep. 5, 2012).^[10]	STS-116/117 (Dec. 9, 2006)^[10] Soyuz TMA-05M (Jul. 15, 2012)
46	Joan Higginbotham Aug. 3, 1964	United States		STS-116 (Dec. 9, 2006)
47	Tracy Caldwell Dyson Aug. 14, 1969	United States	Eleventh woman to walk in space (Aug. 7, 2010, Aug. 11, 2010, Aug. 16, 2010). First astronaut born after Apollo 11 flight.^[11]	STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007) Soyuz TMA-18 (Apr. 2, 2010) Soyuz MS-25 (Mar. 23, 2024)
48	Barbara Morgan Nov. 28, 1951	United States	First educator astronaut Originally selected for the Teacher in Space Project.	STS-118 (Aug. 8, 2007)
49	Yi So-yeon Jun. 2, 1978	Republic of Korea	First Korean in space.	Soyuz TMA-12 (Apr. 8, 2008)
50	Karen L. Nyberg Oct. 7, 1969	United States		STS-124 (May 31, 2008) Soyuz TMA-09M (May 28, 2013)
51	K. Megan McArthur Aug. 30, 1971	United States		STS-125 (May 11, 2009) SpaceX Crew-2 (Apr. 23, 2021)
52	Nicole P. Stott Nov. 11, 1962	United States	Tenth woman to walk in space (Sep. 1–2, 2009).	STS-128/129 (Aug. 28, 2009) STS-133 (Feb. 24, 2011)
53	Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger May 15, 1975	United States	First Space Camp alumna to become an astronaut	STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
54	Naoko Yamazaki Dec. 27, 1970	Japan		STS-131 (Apr. 5, 2010)
55	Shannon Walker Jun. 4, 1965	United States	First Native Houstonian to go aboard the International Space Station. She returned to space for her second long duration mission on 15 November 2020, onboard SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft.	Soyuz TMA-19 (Jun. 15, 2010) SpaceX Crew-1 (Nov. 15, 2020)
56	Liu Yang Oct. 6, 1978	China	First Chinese woman in space.	Shenzhou 9 (Jun. 16, 2012), Shenzhou 14 (Jun. 5, 2022)
57	Wang Yaping Jan. 27, 1980	China	First Chinese woman on long duration expedition. Sixteenth woman to walk in space (November 7, 2021) during Shenzhou 13. First Chinese female astronaut to walk in space.	Shenzhou 10 (Jun. 11, 2013) Shenzhou 13 (Oct. 15, 2021)
58	Yelena Serova Apr. 22, 1976	Russia	Member of ISS Expedition 41. First Russian woman to visit the ISS.^[12]	Soyuz TMA-14M (Sep. 25, 2014)
59	Samantha Cristoforetti Apr. 26, 1977	Italy	ESA Astronaut. First Italian woman in space and first Italian woman on ISS. Expedition 42/43.	Soyuz TMA-15M (Nov. 23, 2014) SpaceX Crew-4 (Apr. 27, 2022)
60	Kathleen Rubins Oct. 14, 1978	United States	Twelfth woman to walk in space (Aug. 19, 2016, Sep. 01, 2016) during ISS Expedition 48.	Soyuz MS-01 (Jul. 6, 2016) Soyuz MS-17 (Oct. 14, 2020)
61	Serena Auñón-Chancellor Apr. 9, 1976	United States		Soyuz MS-09 (Jun. 6, 2018)
62	Anne McClain Jun. 7, 1979	United States	Thirteenth woman to walk in space (Mar. 22, 2019, Apr. 08, 2019) during ISS Expedition 59.	Soyuz MS-11 (Dec. 3, 2018)
63	Beth Moses May 29, 1969	United States	Virgin Galactic Chief instructor. The first woman to make a spaceflight (US Department of Defense classification i.e. >50 mi (80.47 km)) on a commercially launched vehicle. The maximum altitude achieved was 295,007 ft (55.87 mi, 89.92 km).^[13]	VSS Unity VF-01 (Feb. 22, 2019) Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (July 11, 2021) Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (May 25, 2023) Galactic 02 (Aug. i0. 2023) Galactic 03 (Sept. 08, 2023) Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023)
64	Christina Koch Feb. 2, 1979	United States	Fourteenth woman to walk in space (Mar 29, 2019) during ISS Expedition 59. Jointly with Jessica Meir, became the first two women to undertake an all-female EVA during ISS Expedition 61. Location: ISS (11:38 UTC, Oct 18, 2019)^[14] Greatest continuous number of days in space for a female. She returned to Earth on Thursday, February 6, 2020 after 328 days in space.^[15]^[16]	Soyuz MS-12/13 (Mar. 14, 2019)
65	Jessica Meir Jul. 15, 1977	United States / Sweden	Fifteenth woman to walk in space (Oct 18, 2019) during ISS Expedition 61. Jointly with Christina Hammock Koch, became the first two women to undertake an all-female EVA. Location: ISS (11:38 UTC, Oct 18, 2019)	Soyuz MS-15 (Sep. 25, 2019)
66	Sirisha Bandla C. 1988	United States	Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations, Virgin Galactic.^[17]	Virgin Galactic Unity 22 (Jul. 11, 2021)
67	Wally Funk Feb. 1, 1939	United States	Mercury 13. First crewed commercial flight of New Shepard Oldest woman to fly to Space (82 years, 170 days)	Blue Origin NS-16 (Jul. 20, 2021)
68	Sian Proctor Mar. 26, 1970	United States	First female commercial astronaut spaceship pilot.^[18]^[19] First African-American commercial astronaut^[20] First African-American woman to pilot a spacecraft.^[21]	Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021)
69	Hayley Arceneaux Dec. 9, 1991	United States	St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee, bone cancer survivor, who is now a physician assistant. First in space with a Prosthesis	Inspiration4 (Sep. 16, 2021)
70	Yulia Peresild Sep. 5, 1984	Russia	First actress in space, filming footage for the 2023 film The Challenge aboard the International Space Station.	Soyuz MS-19 (Oct. 5, 2021)
71	Audrey Powers	United States	Vice president of mission and flight operations of Blue Origin.	Blue Origin NS-18 (Oct. 13, 2021)
72	Kayla Barron Sep. 19, 1987	United States		SpaceX Crew-3 (Nov. 10, 2021)
73	Laura Shepard Churchley	United States	Daughter of Alan Shepard, first American in space	Blue Origin NS-19 (Dec. 11, 2021)
74	Sharon Hagle	United States	With husband Marc Hagle, became the first married couple to launch into space on a commercial space vehicle.	Blue Origin NS-20 (March 31, 2022)
75	Jessica Watkins May 14, 1988	United States	First African-American woman on a long Duration mission.	SpaceX Crew-4 (Apr. 27, 2022)
76	Katya Echazarreta	United States / Mexico		Blue Origin NS-21 (June 04, 2022)
77	Vanessa O'Brien Dec. 2, 1964	United States / United Kingdom	First woman to reach extremes on Earth (Mount Everest), sea (Challenger Deep) and Air (passing the Kármán line into space.)^[22]^[23]	Blue Origin NS-22 (August 4, 2022)
78	Sara Sabry	Egypt		Blue Origin NS-22 (August 4, 2022)
79	Nicole Aunapu Mann Jun. 27, 1977	United States	First Native American woman in space.^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]	SpaceX Crew-5 (Oct. 5, 2022)
80	Anna Kikina Aug.27, 1984	Russia	First Russian cosmonaut to fly a Crew Dragon.	SpaceX Crew-5 (Oct. 5, 2022)
81	Rayyanah Barnawi Sep., 1988	Saudi Arabia	First female Saudi astronaut in space.	Axiom Mission 2 (May 21, 2023)
82	Jamila Gilbert	United States	Senior manager, internal communications. Virgin Galactic	Virgin Galactic Unity 25 (May 25, 2023)
83	Kelly Latimer	United States	Pilot. Virgin Galactic	Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023) Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023) Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
84	Keisha Schahaff 1977	Antigua and Barbuda	Together with Anastatia Mayers, first citizens from Antigua & Barbuda and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space	Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023)
85	Anastatia Mayers September 27, 2004	Antigua and Barbuda	Together with Keisha Schahaff, first citizens from Antigua & Barbuda and the first mother and daughter duo to fly to space. Youngest woman to fly to space (18 years, 318 days)	Galactic 02 (Aug. 10, 2023)
86	Jasmin Moghbeli Jun. 24, 1983	United States		SpaceX Crew-7 (Aug. 26, 2023)
87	Loral O'Hara May 3, 1983	United States		Soyuz MS-24 (Sep. 15, 2023)
88	Namira Salim	Pakistan	First person from Pakistan to go into space.	Galactic 04 (Oct. 06, 2023)
89	Kellie Gerardi February 16, 1989	United States		Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
90	Ketty Maisonrouge	Italy		Galactic 05 (Nov. 02, 2023)
91	Lina Borozdina	Ukraine / United States		Galactic 06 (Jan. 26, 2024)
92	Jeanette J. Epps Nov. 2, 1970	United States		SpaceX Crew-8 (Mar. 4, 2024)^[30]
93	Marina Vasilevskaya Sept. 14, 1990	Belarus		Soyuz MS-25/MS-24 (Mar. 23, 2024)

Other astronauts and astronaut candidates

#	Name	Birth date Death date	Country	Comment
2	Patricia Robertson	Mar. 12, 1963 Died May 24, 2001	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 17, "The Penguins", 1998
3	Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya	Nov. 6, 1962	Russia	Retired May 27, 2004
4	Marianne Merchez	Nov. 25, 1960	Belgium	Retired 1995
5	Yvonne Cagle	Apr. 24, 1959	United States	Retired with the rank of Colonel in 2008.^[31]
6	Christa McAuliffe	Sep. 2, 1948 died Jan. 28, 1986	United States	Part of the Teacher in Space Project. Would have been the first private citizen in space. Died on the Challenger, January 28, 1986. Mission launched, but did not cross the Kármán line. The crew cabin peaked approx. 70,000 ft (above the Armstrong limit)
7	Tatyana Kuznetsova	Jul. 14, 1941 died Aug. 23, 2018	Soviet Union	Retired 1969
8	Zhanna Yorkina	May 6, 1939 died May 25, 2015	Soviet Union	Retired 1969
9	Irina Solovyova	Sep. 6, 1937	Soviet Union	Retired 1969
10	Valentina Ponomaryova	Sep. 18, 1933	Soviet Union	Retired 1969
11	Jennifer Sidey-Gibbons	Aug. 3, 1988	Canada	2017 CSA Group
12	Zena Cardman	Oct. 26, 1987	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 22, "The Turtles", 2017, SpaceX Crew-9 Scheduled to launch Q3 2024^[32]
13	Nora Al Matrooshi	1993	United Arab Emirates	Emirati Astronaut Group 2
14	Pratiwi Sudarmono	Jul. 31, 1952	Indonesia	Initially selected for STS-61-H mission for June 1986. Cancelled after Challenger disaster. Retired.
15	Sophie Adenot	1982	France	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
16	Rosemary Coogan	1991	United Kingdom	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
17	Meganne Christian	1987	United Kingdom	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
18	Anthea Comellini	1992	Italy	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
19	Sara García Alonso	1989	Spain	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
20	Carmen Possnig	1988	Austria	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
21	Amelie Schoenenwald	1989	Germany	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
22	Nicola Winter	1985	Germany	Part of the 2022 ESA Astronaut Group
23	Katherine Bennell-Pegg	1984	Australia	Australian Space Agency astronaut candidate. Training alongside 2022 ESA Astronaut Group ^[33]
24	Mariam Fardous	1984	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Astronaut Group 1, selected as Axiom Mission 2 backup, February 12, 2023.^[34]
	Nichole Ayers	1988/1989	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 23
	Christina Birch	November 17, 1986	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 23
	Deniz Burnham	October 1, 1985	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 23
	Jessica Wittner	1983	United States	NASA Astronaut Group 23

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[1] "Astronaut/Cosmonaut Statistics". World Space Flight. Retrieved 2023-05-22.

[2] "Astronaut/Cosmonaut Statistics - More". World Space Flight. Retrieved 2023-05-22.

[3] "Women in Space: Timeline of Achievements and Events".

[4] "Women's History Month 2023: Celebrating Women Astronauts - NASA". 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2023-11-22.

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[EVA2017-9] Spacefacts (2017). "Astronauts and Cosmonauts with EVA Experience (sorted by "EVA Time")". Spacefacts. Retrieved May 13, 2017.

[SunitaWilliams1-10] 1 2 3 NASA (2009). "Sunita L. Williams (Commander, USN)". National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Retrieved October 26, 2009.

[11] "Astronaut Tracy Caldwell & "Officer Phil" Konstantin's KUSI TV 9/51 Page". americanindian.net.

[12] "Privyet, Elena Serova! Space Station Welcomes Its First Russian Woman". NBC News. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

[13] "Virgin Galactic Makes Space for Second Time In Ten Weeks with Three On Board, Reaching Higher Altitudes and Faster Speeds, as Flight Test Program Continues". Virgin Galactic. 22 February 2019.

[14] "NASA Astronauts Make History with 1st All-Woman Spacewalk". Space. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[15] Northon, Karen (2020-02-06). "Record-Setting NASA Astronaut, Crewmates Return from Space Station". NASA. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[16] Pearlman 2019-12-29T00:29:47Z, Robert Z. (29 December 2019). "Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Space Mission by a Woman". Space.com. Retrieved 2019-12-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[17] Chang, Kenneth (2021-07-11). "Who were the crew members aboard the flight?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-13.

[18] Hadfield, Chris [@Cmdr_Hadfield] (August 10, 2023). "My apologies, Sian, you're right. Different type of piloting task, but you were absolutely the first to have that title, responsibility and honor" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023– via Twitter.

[19] Mongo, M. "The First Female Commercial Spaceship Pilot is also a Poet". Medium. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[20] Manning, Catherine. "Dr. Sian Proctor". NASA. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[21] Drake, Nadia. "Sian Proctor, first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft, opens up about her journey". National Geographic. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2023.

[22] Clash, Jim. "Private-Sector Space Experiments Could Add To Mankind's Knowledge Bank. Keep An Open Mind". Forbes. Retrieved 21 October 2022.

[23] Mitib, Ali. "British-American adventurer makes triple triumph of space, land and sea records". The Times. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

[24] "NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will be the first Native American woman to travel to space". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[BBC-25] Stallard, Esme (August 18, 2022). "First Native American woman to travel to space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[BBC2-26] Amos, Jonathan; Stallard, Esme (October 5, 2022). "Nicole Mann: Astronaut becomes first Native American woman in space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved October 6, 2022.

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[ICT2-28] Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launching into space". Indian Country Today . IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[APTN-29] Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launches into space aboard SpaceX". APTN News. APTN. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

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[31] Mars, Kelli (2015-02-11). "Johnson Space Center Home". NASA. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

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