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Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission

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Cavallaro, U. (2017). Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission. In: Women Spacefarers. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_27

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