Tag: first woman

Historic moments

May 22, 2023

Rayyana Barnawi became Saudi’s first female astronaut. On Sunday, May 21, a Falcon 9 rocket launched four astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the private AX-2 mission. The mission lead is former NASA astronaut Peggy Whiteson. John Shoffner is the mission pilot. Ali Akharni and Rayyana Barnawi from Saudi Arabia are the…

How many women have actually been in space?

March 21, 2023

We all have an answer to the question of who was the first woman in space. Valentina Tereshkova. On June 16, 1963, the Vostok 6 spacecraft made that trip. But it took 20 years for a second woman to reach space. The second trip was in 1982, and that too was by Soviet Union cosmonaut…