Svetlana Savitskaya
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Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (Russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. On her 1984 Soyuz T-12 mission she became the first woman to fly to space twice, and the first woman to perform a spacewalk.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevgenyevna and the family name is Savitskaya.
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Svetlana Savitskaya | |
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Светлана Савицкая | |
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
Assumed office 29 December 2003 | |
Member of the State Duma for Moscow Oblast | |
In office 17 January 1996 – 29 December 2003 | |
Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | Dmitry Sablin |
Constituency | Sergiyev Posad (No. 113) |
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Born | (1948-08-08) 8 August 1948 (age 75) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
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Spouse | Viktor Khatkovsky |
Children | 1 |
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Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union (2) |
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Cosmonaut (retired) | |
Rank | Major |
Time in space | 19 days 17 hours 6 minutes |
Selection | 1980 (Female Group 2) |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 3 hours 35 minutes |
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She set several FAI world records as a pilot.