Who was the first woman in space?

We know the names of the first men in space, and on the Moon - but what about the women?

Sally Ride: the first American woman in space

Sally Ride – First American Woman in Space - NASA

Valentina Tereshkova - Wikipedia

Sally Ride: First U.S. Woman in Space, and More

Tereshkova hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

NASA: First female astronaut to fly on space shuttle after

America's First Spacewalking Woman: Kathryn D. Sullivan

No toothbrush and major spacecraft problem - the first woman in

Australia's First Woman In Space

Soviet Cosmonauts And The Birth Of The Space Age – In Pictures

Swedish-Israeli NASA astronaut gets ready for her first trip into

40 years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space : NPR

What It Was Like to Become the First Woman to Pilot and Command a