Which woman was the first to be in space?
Judith Resnik
Marsha Ivins
Valentina Tereshkova
Naoko Yamazaki
The first woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, flew in 1963. Space flight programs were slow to employ women, and only began to include them from the 1980s. Most women in space have been United States citizens, with missions on the Space Shuttle and on the International Space Station.
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Judith Resnik
Marsha Ivins
Valentina Tereshkova
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