After 17 years, Russia brought female astronauts into space

Early on September 26 (Vietnam time), Russia's Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft has sent three astronauts into space, including female astronaut Yelena Serova.

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According to RIA, she was the first female astronaut to fly into space in the past 17 years, and was the first Russian woman to fly to the International Space Station (ISS). Flying with her also included astronaut Alexander Samokutyayev (Russia) and Barry Wilmore (NASA).

Astronaut Yelena Serova - (Photo: RIA)

They were brought into space by Soyuz TMA-14M, from the spacecraft center in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

In a statement, Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said the ship had successfully entered orbit and crew members in good health. After 6 hours of flying, they went to ISS.

Expected they will stay on the total space of 169 days.

Pre-flight astronauts - (Photo: AP)

Serova, 38, is the fourth female Soviet / Russian astronaut. The first Russian woman to enter the universe was Valentina Tereshkova, flying into space in 1963. The next two women into the universe were Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982 and 1984, and Yelena Kondakova in 1994 and 1997.

Since then, no Russian astronaut has flown into space.

Yelena Serova said she would not let her trainers be disappointed - (Photo: AP)

" This flight is my job , " Serova said at a press conference before flying. "I will be the first Russian woman to fly to ISS. I feel a great responsibility to those who have taught and trained us, and I want to tell them: We will not do the positions. hope! ".

So far, there have been a total of 57 women in the world flying into space. Four of them were Judith Resnik, Laurel Clark Blair Salton, Kalpana Chawla and Christa McAuliffe (all Americans) were killed when the shuttle took them to explode in the air.

Russia is currently the only country in the world to send astronauts to ISS after the US shuttle fleet "retires".

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