RuSpace: 2014
September
27/9: Russian lady in space!
Just coming out of hibernation to note that another Russian woman cosmonaut is in orbit, after 20 years! Elena Serova launched on Soyuz TMA-14M as part of Expedition 41/42; she is the fourth Russian woman overall (following Valentina Tereshkova, Svetlana Savitskaya and Elena Kondakova). Sadly, sexism is still evident, but at least she made it up there!
- NBC News: “Privyet, Elena Serova! Space Station Welcomes Its First Russian Woman”
- Air & Space Magazine: “Not a Woman’s Profession”
NASA portrait of Elena Serova
Occasional news items continued on the Russian Space News page.