Anna Kikina, 36, is currently the sole Russian woman scheduled to travel into orbit, 58 years after Valentina Tereshkova became the world's first spacewoman. The Russian space agency claimed the cosmonaut Barbie shows that 'any dream can come true - you just need to believe in yourself and move forward'. Anna Kikina is currently the sole Russian woman scheduled to travel into orbit. As a child, it wasn't her dream to travel into space but is now the only woman in the cosmonaut corps. 'Earth is home to so many women and men, yet for some reason there's only one woman in the corps.

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2021 20:29 UTC