Marsha Irvins (USA)
Mission: STS32 (09 January 1990 – 20 January 1990)
Mission: STS46 (31 July 1992 – 08 August 1992)
Mission: STS62 (04 March 1994 – 18 March 1994)
Mission: STS81 (12 January 1997 – 22 January 1997)
Mission: STS98 (07 February 2001 – 20 February 2001)
Linda M Godwin (USA)
Mission: STS37 Atlantis (05 April 1991 – 11 April 1991)
Mission: STS59 Endeavour (09 April 1994 – 20 April 1994)
Mission: STS76 Atlantis (22 March 1996 – 31 March 1996)
Mission: STS108 Endeavour (05 December 2001 – 17 December 2001)
Helen Sharman (UK)
Mission: Soyuz TM-12/TM-11 (18 May 1991 – 26 May 1991)
– First Briton in space
Tamara E Jernigan (USA)
Mission: STS40 (05 June 1991 – 14 June 1991)
Mission: STS52 (22 October 1992 – 01 November 1992)
Mission: STS67 (02 March 1995 – 18 March 1995)
Mission: STS80 (19 November 1996 – 07 December 1996)
Mission: STS96 (27 May 27 1999 – 06 June 1999)
Millie Hughes-Fulford (USA)
Mission: STS-40 (05 June 1991 – 14 June 1991)
Roberta Bondar (Canada)
Mission: STS42 Discovery (22 January 1992 – 30 January 1992)
– First Canadian woman in space
Mae Jemison (USA)
Mission: STS47 Endeavour (12 September 1992 – 20 September 1992)
– First African American woman is space
Jan Davis (USA)
Mission: STS47 Endeavour (12 September 1992 – 20 September 1992)
Mission: STS60 Discovery (03 February 1994 – 11 February 1994)
Mission: STS85 Discovery (07 August 1997 – 19 August 1997)
Susan J Helms (USA)
Mission: STS54 Endeavour (13 January 1993 – 29 January 1993)
Mission: STS64 Discovery (09 September 1994 – 20 September 1994)
Mission: STS78 Columbia (20 June 1996 – 07 July 1996)
Mission: STS101 Atlantis (19 May 2000 – 29 May 2000)
Mission: STS102 Discovery/Expedition 2 (ISS)/STS104 Discovery (08 March 2001 – 02 August 2001)
Ellen Ochoa (USA)
Mission: STS56 Discovery (08 April 1993 – 17 April 1993)
Mission: STS66 Atlantis (03 November 1994 – 14 November 1994)
Mission: STS96 Discovery (27 May 27 1999 – 06 June 1999)
Mission: STS110 Atlantis (08 April 2002 – 19 April 2002)
– First Hispanic woman in space
Janice E Voss (USA)
Mission: STS57 Endeavour (21 June 1993 – 01 July 1993)
Mission: STS63 Discovery (03 February 1995 – 11 February 1995)
Mission: STS83 Columbia (04 April 1997 – 08 April 1997)
Mission: STS94 Columbia (01 July 1997 – 17 July 1997)
Mission: STS99 Endeavour (11 February 2000 – 22 February 2000)
– Janice died in February 2012 of Breast Cancer. Aged 55
Nancy J Currie (USA)
Mission: STS57 Endeavour (21 June 1993 – 01 July 1993)
Mission: STS70 Discovery (13 July 1993 – 22 July 1995)
Mission: STS88 Endeavour (04 December 1998 – 15 December 1998)
Mission: STS109 Columbia (01 March 2002 – 12 March 2002)
Yelena V. Kondakova (Russia)
Mission: Soyuz TM20/MIR (04 October 1994 – 22 March 1995)
Mission: STS84 Atlantis (15 May 1997 – 24 May 1997)
Eileen Collins (USA)
Mission: STS63 Discovery (03 February 1995 – 11 February 1995)
Mission: STS84 Atlantis (15 May 1997 – 24 May 1997)
Mission: STS93 Columbia (23 July 1997 – 27 July 1997)
Mission: STS114 Discovery (26 July 2005 – 09 August 2005)
– First female shuttle pilot and shuttle commander
Chiaki Mukai (Japan)
Mission: STS-65 Columbia (08 July 1994 – 23 July 1994)
Mission: STS-95 Discovery (29 October 1998 – 07 November 1998)
– First Japanese woman in space
– First Japanese citizen to have 2 spaceflights
Wendy Lawrence (USA)
Mission: STS67 Endeavour (02 March 1995 – 18 March 1995)
Mission: STS86 Atlantis (25 September 1997 – 06 October 1997)
Mission: STS91 Discovery (02 June 1998 – 12 June 1998)
Mission: STS114 Discovery (26 July 2005 – 09 August 2005)
Mary E Weber (USA)
Mission: STS70 Discovery (13 July 1995 – 22 July 1995)
Mission: STS101 Atlantis (19 May 2000 – 29 May)
Catherine Coleman (USA)
Mission: STS73 Columbia (20 October 1995 – 05 November 1995)
Mission: STS93 Columbia (22 July 1999 – 27 July 1999)
Mission: Soyuz TMA-20 / Expedition 26/27 (15 December 2010 – 23 May 2011)
Claudie Haigenere (France)
Mission: Soyuz TM24/MIR/TM23 (17 August 1996 – 02 September 1996)
Mission: Soyuz TM33/TM32 (21 October 2001 – 31 October 2001)
– First French woman in space
Susan Kilrain (USA)
Mission: STS83 Columbia (04 April 1997 – 08 April 1997)
Mission: STS94 Columbia (01 July 1997 – 17 July 1997)
Kalpana Chawla (USA)
Mission: STS84 Columbia (19 November 1997 – 05 December 1997)
Mission: STS107 Columbia (16 January 2003 – Spacecraft lost)
– Kalpana was the first Indian-American woman in space
– Kalpana Chawla perished in the Columbia disaster on 01 February 2003
Janet L Kavandi (USA)
Mission: STS91 Discovery (02 June 1998 – 12 June 1998)
Mission: STS99 Endeavour (11 February 2000 – 22 February 2000)
Mission: STS104 Atlantis (12 July 2001 – 24 July 2001)
Julie Payette (Canada)
Mission: STS96 Discovery (27 May 1999 – 06 June 1999)
Mission: STS127 Endeavour (15 July 2009 – 31 July 2009)
Pamela Melroy (USA)
Mission: STS92 Discovery (11 October 2000 – 24 October 2000)
Mission: STS112 Atlantis (07 October 2002 – 18 October 2002)
Mission: STS120 Discovery (23 October 2007 – 07 November 2007)
Peggy Whitson (USA)
Mission: STS111 Endeavour (05 June 2002)
Mission: Expedition 2 ISS (07 June 2002 – 02 December 2002)
Mission: STS113 Endeavour (07 December 2002)
Mission: Soyuz TMA11 (10 October 2007/19 April 2008)
Mission: Expedition 16 ISS (10 October 2007- 19 April 2008)
– First female ISS Commander (Expedition 16)
Sandra Magnus (USA)
Mission: STS112 Atlantis (07 October 2002 – 18 October 2002)
Mission: STS126 Endeavour (14 November 2008)
Mission: Expedition 18 (14 November 2008 – 15 March 2009)
Mission: STS119 (28 March 2009)
Mission: STS135 Atlantis (08 July 2011 – 21 July 2011)
Laurel B Clark (USA)
Mission: STS107 Columbia (16 January 2003 – Spacecraft lost)
– Laurel perished in the Columbia disaster on 01 February 2003
Stephanie Wilson (USA)
Mission: STS121 Discovery (04 July 2006 – 17 July 2006)
Mission: STS120 Discovery (23 October 2007 – 07 November 2007)
Mission: STS131 Discovery (05 April 2010 – 20 April 2010)
– Stephanie was the second African American woman in space
Lisa Nowak (USA)
Mission: STS121 Discovery (04 July 2006 – 17 July 2006)
Heidemarie Martha Stefanyshyn-Piper (USA)
Mission: STS115 Atlantis (09 September 2006 – 21 September 2006)
Mission: STS126 Endeavour (14 November 2006 – 30 November 2006)
Anousheh Ansari (Iranian Private Citizen)
Mission: Soyuz TMA9/ISS/TMA8 (18 September 2006 – 29 September 2006)
– First Iranian in space
– First woman private space ‘tourist’ in space
Joan Higginbotham (USA)
Mission: STS116 Discovery (09 December 2006 – 22 December 2006)
Tracy Caldwell Dyson (USA)
Mission: STS118 Endeavour (08 August 2007 – 21 August 2007)
Mission: Soyuz TMA18/Expedition 23/24/ Soyuz TMA (02 April 2010 – 25 September 2010)
Barbara Morgan (USA)
Mission: STS118 Endeavour (08 August 2007 – 21 August 2007)
– Barbara was the original back up to Christa McAuliffe in 1986
Yi So-Yeon (South Korea)
Mission: Soyuz TMA12/ISS/Soyuz TMA11 (08 April 2008 – 19 April 2008)
– First Korean citizen (& woman) in space
Karen L Nyberg
Mission: STS124 Discovery (31 May 2008 – 14 June 2008)