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First woman in space - Soviet
Alexandra Samusenko
(1922 – March 3, 1962)
First woman in space. Launched onboard R-5A rocket on a suborbital flight by the Union of Soviets on October 27, 1952. She died on 1962 during Sovietsky Soyuz-1 flight while conducting first EVA in space.