The Mercury 13 : the astronauts who never were Cosmonauts : Valentina Tereshkova : first in space Svetlana Savitskaya : no apron for her Elena Kondakova : long-duration stay Yelena Serova : ready and waiting American women join the space race Sally Ride : first American woman in space Judith Resnik : all she ever wanted to do Kathryn Sullivan : a walk into history Shannon Lucid : a Russian favorite Mae Jemison : doctor astronaut Ellen Ochoa : career astronaut Eileen Collins : space shuttle commander Catherine (Cady) Coleman : musical astronaut Pamela Melroy : piloting in space Peggy Whitson : space station commander Sunita Williams : breaking records Barbara Morgan : teachers in space World astronauts Roberta Bondar : living a childhood dream Chiaki Mukai : opening doors Claudie Haigner : French astronaut and Soyuz commander Yi Soyeon : first Korean in space Kalpana Chawla : a tragic end Liu Yang : a flying knight in space Samantha Cristoforetti : military pilot astronaut The future of spaceflight
