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Vostok 6

On 18 June 1983, during the 20th anniversary of Vostok 6's orbits, Sally Ride aboard OV-099 Space Shuttle Challenger for mission STS-7, became the third woman in space, and first non-Soviet woman, and first American woman, on a 5-man mission.


Karen L. Nyberg

While in orbit, Nyberg was one of only two women in space on the 50th anniversary on June 16th 2013 of Vostok 6, the first spaceshot by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova, the other being Wang Yaping aboard the Tiangong-1 on the Shenzhou 10 mission.


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