List of women astronauts

The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

This list includes Russian cosmonauts, who were the first women in outer space.

As of May 2023[update], there has been one female space traveler each from France, Italy, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom; two each from Canada and Japan; three from China; six from the Soviet Union/Russia; and 56 from the United States.

However, British, French, Italian, dual-citizen Iranian-American and South Korean women have all flown as part of the Soviet and Russian space programs.

Similarly, women from Canada, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program.

In 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on her Vostok 6 flight of 48 orbits, and is the only woman to fly solo in space.