Valentina Tereshkova (USSR)
Mission: Vostok 6 (16 June 1963 – 19 June 1963)
– First woman in Space
Astrochix Blog Post on Valentina

Svetlana Savitskaya (USSR)
Mission: Soyuz T7/Soyuz T5 (19 August 1982 – 27 August 1982)
Mission: Soyuz T12 (17 July 1984 – 29 July 1984)
– Second woman in space
– First woman to undertake two spaceflights
– First woman to undertake an EVA (spacewalk)
Astrochix Blog Post on Svetlana

Sally Ride (USA)
Mission: STS7 (18 June 1983 – 24 June 1983)
Mission: STS41-G (05 October 1984 – 13 October 1984)
– First American woman in space
– First crew with two women (STS41-G/Kathryn Sullivan)

Judith Resnick (USA)
Mission: STS41-D (30 August 1984 – 05 September 1984)
Mission: STS51-L (28 January 1986 – Spacecraft lost)
– Judith perished in the Challenger disaster on 28 January 1986

Anna Lee Fisher (USA)
Mission: STS51-A (08 November 1984 – 16 November 1984)
– Fisher became the first mother in space when she went up on STS-51-A

Kathryn D Sullivan (USA)
Mission: STS41-G (05 October 1984 – 13 October 1984)
Mission: STS31 (24 April 1990 – 29 April 1990)
Mission: STS45 (24 March 1992 – 02 April 1992)
– First American woman to perform an EVA
– First crew with two women (STS41-G/Sally Ride)

Shannon Lucid (USA)
Mission: STS51-G (17 June 1985 – 24 June 1985)
Mission: STS34 (18 October 1989 – 23 October 1989)
Mission: STS43 (02 August 1991 – 11 August 1991)
Mission: STS58 (18 October 1993 – 01 November 1993)
Mission: STS76/MIR/STS79 (22 March 1996 – 26 September 1996)
– First US woman astronaut about MIR

Bonnie J Dunbar (USA)
Mission: STS61-A (30 October 1985 – 06 November 1985)
Mission: STS32 (9 January 1990 – 20 January 1990)
Mission: STS50 (25 June 1992 – 9 July 1992)
Mission: STS71 (27 June 1995 – 07 July 1995)
Mission: STS89 (22 January 1998 – 31 January 1998)

Mary L Cleave (USA)
Mission: STS61-B (26 November 1985 – 26 December 1985)
Mission: STS30 (04 May 1989 – 08 May 1989)

Margaret Seddon (USA)
Mission: STS41-D (12 April 1985 – 19 April 1985)
Mission: STS40 (05 June 1991 – 14 June 1991)
Mission: STS58 (18 October 1993 – 01 November 1993)
– First MD in space

Christa McAuliffe (USA)
Mission: STS51-L (28 January 1986 – Spacecraft lost)
– First NASA ‘Teacher in Space’
– Christa perished in the Challenger disaster on 28 January 1986

Ellen S Baker (USA)
Mission: STS34 (18 October 1989 – 23 October 1989)
Mission: STS50 (25 June 1992 – 09 July 1992)
Mission: STS71 (27 June 1995 – 07 July 1995)

Kathryn C. Thornton (USA)
Mission: STS33 (22 November 1989 – 29 November 1989)
Mission: STS49 (07 May 1992 – 16 May 1992)
Mission: STS61 (02 December 1993 – 13 December 1993)
Mission: STS73 (20 October 1995 – 05 November 1995)
– First woman to make multiple EVAs