Yelena Kondakova
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Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova is the third Soviet or Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on 4 October 1994. She returned to Earth on 22 March 1995, after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. She was the last Russian woman in space until her successor cosmonaut Elena Serova flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2014.
STS084-704-018 - STS-084 - STS-84 and Mir 23 crews take portraits in the Spacehab - DPLA - 5ee3a2742dc63696d4bec654ba3de198
STS084-704-018 - STS-084 - STS-84 and Mir 23 crews take portraits in the Spacehab - DPLA - 5ee3a2742dc63696d4bec654ba3de198
STS084-321-023 - STS-084 - Biorack activity in the Spacehab - DPLA - 78d2ffb63a0b070c290bcfa870916526
STS084-321-023 - STS-084 - Biorack activity in the Spacehab - DPLA - 78d2ffb63a0b070c290bcfa870916526
STS084-372-012 - STS-084 - Elektron - Precourt and Elena check the straps on the Spacehab stowed equipment - DPLA - 1bf23d1b910c28626fc17de09b871177



