Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 1, 2012 #1 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Russian Women Could Return to Space Russian women can be included into the country’s cosmonauts team if they successfully complete all selection stages, Sergei Krikalev, head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, said on Tuesday.“A couple of women are close to being selected,” Krikalev said. “There are chances that they will be.” So far, only three Russian female cosmonauts - Valentina Tereshkova, Svetlana Savitskaya and Yelena Kondakova – traveled into space. No Russian women flew into space since Kondakova’s second space mission in May 1997. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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