Soviets launch second woman into space 30 years ago this hour (1982)


Video: Savitskaya (at 0:09 and 1:05)

(Thursday, August 19, 1982, 1:12 p.m. EDT) — Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya flew aboard Soyuz T-7 today from Gagarin’s Start, becoming the second woman in space some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova.