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Feb 25, 2016 · Birth Year: 1937. Birth date: March 6, 1937. Birth Country: Russia. Gender: Female. Best Known For: In 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space aboard Vostok ...
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. In space at the same time was Valery F. Bykovsky, who had been launched two days earlier in Vostok 5, and ...
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Jun 16, 2013 · First woman in space: Valentina. Valentina Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo, near Yaroslavl, in Russia on 6 March 1937. Her father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile factory. Interested in parachuting from a young age, Tereshkova began skydiving at a local flying club, making her first jump at the age of 22 in May 1959.
Russian: Валентина Владимировна Терешкова. Current Location:: Moscow, gorod Moskva, Russia. Birthdate: March 06, 1937. Birthplace: Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia (Russian Federation) Immediate Family: Daughter of Vladimir Aksynovich Tereshkov and Elena Fyodorovna Tereshkova ...
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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. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space ...
Because of Valentina’s skills as a trained parachutist, she was absorbed as a cosmonaut. She was chosen among the five women for a single woman-in-space flight and was given an honorary position in Russian air force. Valentina was part of a rigorous training program, but her stubborn persistence paid off.
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Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikovo. Her father, Vladimir Tereshkov, was a tractor driver. He had been a Russian Army soldier during World War II (1939–45; a war fought mostly in Europe that pitted Great Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union against Italy, Germany, and Japan).
