25 July - Svetlana Savitskaya became first woman to perform a space walk

 

Svetlana Savitskaya was a Soviet cosmonaut who made significant contributions to space exploration. She was indeed the first woman to perform a spacewalk (extravehicular activity) on July 25, 1984, during the Soyuz T-12 mission. During her spacewalk, she spent around 3 hours and 35 minutes outside the Salyut 7 space station, conducting various experiments and tests.

In addition to her spacewalk accomplishment, Svetlana Savitskaya was also the second woman in space overall. She flew to space for the first time on August 19, 1982, as part of the Soyuz T-7 mission, spending around 8 days aboard the space station Salyut 7.

Savitskaya's pioneering achievements played a significant role in breaking gender barriers in space exploration and inspiring many women to pursue careers in the field of astronautics.