First Russian Woman To Go To International Space Station(ISS)

Yelena Serova is only the fourth Russian women to enter space and the first ever on the ISS.  


The 38-year-old, who studied at Moscow Aviation Institute, will serve as a flight engineer aboard the International Space station as well as biophysics and medical experiments about the effect of being in orbit.


She is expected to remain on the ISS for six months and many of the questions asked of Yelena focused on the fact that she will be separated from her 11-year-old daughter during the trip.