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{{Short description|Russian cosmonaut (born 1957)}}
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{{Infobox astronaut
| name =Yelena
|image =Yelena Kondakova.jpg
| type =
| status =Retired
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1957|3|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place =[[Mytishchi]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| occupation =Politician
| selection =[[List of astronauts by selection#1989|1989]]
| time =178d 10h 41 m<ref name=
| mission =[[Soyuz TM-20]],<ref name=
| insignia =[[File:Soyuz TM-20 patch.png|40px]] [[File:Sts-84-patch.png|40px]]
| awards = [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]
||caption=Kondakova in 1997|native_name={{nobold|Елена Кондакова}}}}
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'''Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova''' ({{lang-ru|link=no|Елена Владимировна Кондакóва}}; born
== Personal life ==
Kondakova was born in [[Mytishchi]] in the [[Moscow
She married fellow cosmonaut [[Valeri Ryumin]] in 1985 and has one daughter with him.<ref name="Cavallaro-2017" /> In the same year, she began training and studying the [[Soyuz-TM]] spacecraft. She joined the [[Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center|USSR cosmonaut corps]] 1989.
Kondakova's first flight into space began on 4 October 1994 as a flight engineer on the [[Soyuz TM-20]] expedition. She returned to Earth on 22 March 1995 after a 5-month flight on the ''[[Mir]]'' orbital station. Kondakova was the first woman to make a long flight into space.
During her first excursion into space, her husband Valery would often complain about how he desired a more traditional wife who would take care of the home and family. While Kondakova was away in space during this time, Energia appointed Ryumin to work from home and take care of his daughter until Kondakova's return.<ref name="Cavallaro-2017" />
In August 1996, Kondakova trained at the [[Johnson Space Center]] in [[Houston]], [[United States]].
Kondakova's second space flight was as a specialist on the American [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] as part of the [[STS-84]] expedition from 15-24 May 1997, under the program of the sixth docking with the ''[[Mir]]'' orbital station.
Kondakova retired from the cosmonaut corps of RSC Energia on 30 December 1999 due to her election as a deputy of the [[State Duma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kondakova_yelena.htm |title=Cosmonaut Biography: Yelena Kondakova |first=Joachim |last=Becker |website=spacefacts.de}}</ref> From 1999 to 2003, she was a Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 3rd Convocation from the [[Fatherland - All Russia]] party. From 2003 to 2011, she was Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 4th and 5th convocations from the [[United Russia]] party. In 2006 she graduated from the [[Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation]].
On 16 August 2011, Kondakova announced her withdrawal from United Russia due to her disagreement with the results of the August intra-party elections.
{{blockquote|People were given sheets with the numbers of people for whom it was necessary to vote; when counting the ballots, it turned out that there were more of them than people on the site.<br>United Russia's primaries are an economically inexpedient game of democracy.<br>I realize that my announcement means the end of my political career...|Yelena Kondakova at a press conference, 16 August 2011<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://top.rbc.ru/politics/17/08/2011/610839.shtml |title=Космонавт Е. Кондакова обвинила «ЕР» в фальсификациях на праймериз |trans-title=Cosmonaut E. Kondakova accused United Russia of falsifying the primaries |accessdate=2011-12-20 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020015002/http://top.rbc.ru/politics/17/08/2011/610839.shtml |archivedate=2011-10-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mk.ru/politics/news/2011/08/17/615057-zhenschinakosmonavt-kondakova-obvinila-quoterquot-v-falsifikatsii-praymeriz.html |title=Женщина-космонавт Кондакова обвинила «ЕР» в фальсификации праймериз |date=17 August 2011 |trans-title=Cosmonaut Kondakova accused United Russia of rigging the primaries |access-date=2011-12-20 |archive-date=2014-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419183218/http://www.mk.ru/politics/news/2011/08/17/615057-zhenschinakosmonavt-kondakova-obvinila-quoterquot-v-falsifikatsii-praymeriz.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsru.com/russia/17aug2011/praim.html |title=Праймериз «Единой России» и ОНФ спровоцировали «космическую» ссору и обвинения в фальсификации |date=17 August 2011 |trans-title=The primaries of United Russia and the ONF provoked a "cosmic" quarrel and accusations of falsification |access-date=2011-12-20 |archive-date=2012-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209111839/http://newsru.com/russia/17aug2011/praim.html |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
From 27 March 2012 to 2018, Kondakova was a Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in [[Switzerland]].
== Space statistics<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kondakova_yelena.htm |title=Statistics - Kondakova Yelena Vladimirovna |publisher=spacefacts.de |accessdate=2018-05-27 |archive-date=2017-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314003922/http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/cosmonauts/english/kondakova_yelena.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>==
{| class="wikitable"
! # !! Launch ship !! Start, [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] !! Expedition !! Landing ship !! Landing, UTC !! Time spent !! Spacewalks !! Time in outer space
|-
| 1 || [[Soyuz TM-20]] || 03/10/1994, 22:42 || [[Soyuz TM-20]], Mir-17 || [[Soyuz TM-20]]|| 22/03/1995, 04:03 || 169 days, 5 hours, 21 minutes || 0 || 0
|-
| 1 || [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] [[STS-84]] || 15/05/1997, 08:07 || [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] [[STS-84]], ''[[Mir]]'' || [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] [[STS-84]]|| 24/05/1997, 13:27 || 9 days, 5 hours, 19 minutes || 0 || 0
|-
| colspan=6 | || '''178 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes''' || '''0''' || '''0'''
|-
== Honors ==
* [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kondakov.html|title=Cosmonaut Bio: E. Kondakova 7/97|website=jsc.nasa.gov|date=
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*[[List of female Heroes of the Russian Federation]]
*[[List of female astronauts]]
*[[Women in space]]
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* {{cite web|url=http://www.astronaut.ru/crossroad/320.htm|script-title=ru:Елена Владимировна Кондакова|work=Космической энциклопедии ASTROnote|language=ru}}
* {{cite news|url=http://peoples.ru/military/cosmos/kondakova/|author=Ольга Глаголева|script-title=ru:Я вытащила счастливый билет| work=Работница Журнал|language=ru}}
* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-34048-7_27/fulltext.html#citeas Cavallaro Umberto. (2017) Elena Kondakova: The First Woman to Take Part in a Long-Duration Space Mission. In: ''Women Spacefarers''. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Cham].
== External links ==
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