Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova
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| Country: | Russia |
| selected on | January 25, 1989 |
| Calls: | 2 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
October 3, 1995 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
May 25, 1997 |
| Time in space: | 178d 10h 41min |
| retired on | December 30, 1999 |
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Jelena Wladimirowna Kondakowa ( Russian Елена Владимировна Кондакова ; born March 30, 1957 in Mytishchi near Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian cosmonaut . She was the third Soviet or Russian woman in space and the first woman ever to fly a long-term mission. She spent a total of 178 days, 10 hours and 41 minutes in space during her missions.
From 1999 to 2011, Kondakova was a member of the Russian Duma . From 2012 she is the sales representative of Russia in Switzerland .
Private
Kondakova has been married to the cosmonaut Valeri Ryumin since 1985 . The two have a daughter together, and Ryumin brought two more children into the marriage.
See also
- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (first female cosmonaut)
- Svetlana Evgenyevna Savitskaya (second cosmonaut)
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Jelena Kondakowa - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- spacefacts.de: Short biography
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| SURNAME | Kondakova, Jelena Vladimirovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kondakowa, Jelena; Кондакова, Елена Владимировна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian cosmonaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mytishchi |