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Biography of Elena Kondakova - Astronaut
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Elena Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian language|Russian: Елена Владими& #1088;овна Кондако& #1074;а; born March 30, 1957) was the third Soviet Union|Soviet/Russian female cosmonaut to travel to outer space|space and the first woman to make a long-duration spaceflight. Her first trip into space was on Soyuz TM-20 on October 4, 1994. She returned to Earth on March 22, 1995 after a five-month stay at the Mir space station. Kondakova's second flight was as a mission specialist on the United States Space Shuttle Atlantis during mission STS-84 in May 1997. Kondakova was born in Mytischi in the Moscow Region of Russia. She was selected as a cosmonaut candidate in 1989. Since 1999, Kondakova has served as a deputy in the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. astronaut-stub
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