Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Russia’s only female cosmonaut to travel to space in September

Elena Serova

MOSCOW – Russia’s sole active female cosmonaut, Anna Kikina, is due to travel to the International Space Station in September on a Soyuz rocket, the national space agency said Thursday. Kikina, a 37-year-old engineer, will be only the fifth professional woman cosmonaut from Russia or the Soviet Union to fly to space. Last year, the Russian space … Read more