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11 October, 1984

On 11th October 1984, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to perform the space walk. She was aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

The first woman to perform a space walk was Svetlana Savitskaya of the Soviet Union on 25th July 1984. Astronaut Ed White of the Gemini 4 crew was the first U.S. citizen.