The only woman, Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, will fly on the American spacecraft Crew Dragon in 2022. This was announced on December 8 by the general director of the state corporation “Roscosmos” Dmitry Rogozin.
“We proceed from the assumption that our cosmonaut Kikina will make her maiden flight in 2022, and we think that she will carry out it on the Crew Dragon spacecraft,” he said at a press conference after the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft docked with the ISS. …
Rogozin added that the corresponding decision has already been made. In turn, an American astronaut will fly on the Russian ship.
Anna Kikina is the only woman among 29 cosmonauts in the Roscosmos squadron.
On September 26, it was reported that Kikina could set a record for being in space in 2023 among Russian astronauts.
So far, the national female record for being in space belongs to Elena Kondakova: she made two flights on the Mir orbital station with a total duration of 178 days. The world record belongs to the American Peggy Whitson, who spent three expeditions to the ISS, or 666 days.
Source: IZ
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