Svetlana Savitskaya—Russian cosmonaut and first woman to walk in space—took to the skies early: By 17 she had completed 450 parachute jumps, and by 20 she made her first solo flights. She was born August 8th in 1948. 🚀 . . . . . . . . #womeninscience #womancrush #tbt #firsts #women #science #space #spacewalk #russia #cosmonaut #spaceflight #inspire #inspiring #throwbackthursday #history #sciencehistory #scienceiscool #goals #exploration #careers