Women in space! Here are the first female trailblazers

List of the pioneering women that made history in space. -- Women in space: A gallery of firsts: https://www.space.com/16143-women-space-firsts-gallery.html

First woman in space: Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova
First American woman in space: Astronaut Sally Ride
First female spacewalker: Cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya
First U.S. female spacewalker: Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan
First African American woman in space: Astronaut Mae Jemison
First female space station commander: Astronaut Peggy Whitson
First all-female spacewalk: Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir

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