Ten women who have flown in space:

1. Eileen Collins
2. Sally Ride
3. Ellen Ochoa
4. Valentina Tereshkova
5. Kalpana Chawla
6. Elena Kondakova
7. Linda Godwin
8. Shannon Lucid
9. Julie Payette
10. Svetlana Savitskaya

Today is the 42 anniversary of Tereshkova's flight into space aboard Vostok 6, making her the first woman in space.