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Feb 25, 2016 · In 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space aboard Vostok 6. Updated: May 25, 2021 5:12 PM EDT Photo: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
Valentina Tereshkova (born March 6, 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel into space. On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 hours.
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova [a] [b] (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space, photographed in her space suit shortly before take off. Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova practises feeding in simulated flight conditions for her flight as the first woman in space on the Vostok VI...
Jun 16, 2013 · With the radio call sign ‘Chaika’ (‘seagull’), Tereshkova had become the first woman in space. She was 26. Tereshkova’s televised image was broadcast throughout the Soviet Union and she spoke to Khrushchev by radio.
Sep 14, 2023 · Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space on June 16, 1963, when she orbited Earth as part of the Vostok 6 mission. Tereshkova spent almost three days in space during her...
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