Yelena Kondakova
Yelena Kondakova is a government astronaut from Russia, affiliated with ROSCOSMOS.
During their career, Yelena Kondakova flew on 2 spaceflights, logging 178 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, 42 seconds in space.
Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Елена Владимировна Кондакóва; born March 30, 1957) was the third Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. She was the last Russian female in space until her successor cosmonaut Elena Serova flew to the International Space Station (ISS) on 25 September 2014.
Career Statistics
| Date of Birth | 03/30/1957 |
|---|---|
| Status | Retired |
| First Flight | 10/03/1994 |
| Last Flight | 05/15/1997 |
| In Space | No |
| Time in Space | 178 days, 10 hours, 40 minutes, 42 seconds |
| Landings | 2 |
Spaceflights by Yelena Kondakova
Explore the 2 spaceflights Yelena Kondakova participated in during their astronaut career, including mission details, launch vehicles, and destinations.