Russia will next fall to send a woman into space, and for the first time in 17 years. And expected to be launched to the International Space Station Yelena Serova aged 36 years, a native of the Primorye Region in the Russian Far East.
Said Alexey Timirov Center spokesman prepare astronauts Serova preparing now for a space trip to the station within a crew of 3 members, are in addition to the U.S. Serova Barry Wilmore and Russian Alexander Samokotyaev.
It is scheduled to spend the astronauts in orbit around the Earth about half a year. The Timirov added that Serova will work aboard the station to conduct scientific research, and pointed out that the itinerary does not include the exit from the station to the open space.
Noteworthy that Serova ended in 2001 College and space flights in the Moscow Aviation Institute, and her husband, astronaut Mark Serov also.
Serova has a daughter at the age of nine. Anna will be Kikina backup astronaut Serova.
The Yelena Kundakova astronaut only represent Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union, having been launched Kundakova aboard "Soyuz - T or" space in 1994 to station "Mir" orbital Russian and set a record among women after spending in orbit around the Earth 169 days .
It is worth mentioning that this project will resume space coincides with the 50-year anniversary of the launch of its first astronaut in the world, is Valentina Tereshkova into space.
It is noteworthy in this regard that it was planned to be called, after a trip Tereshkova, female crew into space, but the death of Chief Designer Soviet astronauts Sergei Korolyov led to the suspension of the project.
