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Discover the untold story of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Learn about her journey, the political intrigue, and her lasting impact on space...
Embark on a stellar journey as we unravel the extraordinary story of Valentina Tereshkova, the trailblazing cosmonaut who shattered barriers to become the fi...
On May 23, 1963, history was made as Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. Discover the remarkable journey of a pioneering astronaut! ...
- Humble Beginnings
- To Space
- A Complicated Legacy
Born in the tiny Russian hamlet of Bolshoye Maslennikovo, 160 miles (250 kilometers) northeast of Moscow, Tereshkova scarcely knew her father. A tractor driver prior to his service, he died in the Finnish Winter War when she was two years old. Her mother single-handedly raised three children while also laboring in the Krasny Perekop textile mill. T...
The original mission plan envisaged either one woman flying for three to four days or two women launching in separate Vostok capsules. But this changed in March 1963. Instead, male cosmonaut Valeri Bykovsky would attempt a record-breaking weeklong flight on Vostok 5, with Tereshkova launching on Vostok 6 partway into his mission for few-day-long mi...
Following Vostok 6’s success, Khrushchev crowed that Russia offered its women a far better lot than the capitalist West: Under Soviet socialism, he said, women could prosper and reach the stars. But the propagandist reality of Tereshkova’s flight was laid bare when no more Russian women entered space for another two decades. Even today, the total n...
Jun 13, 2007 · Valentina Tereshkova, who flew into space aboard Vostok 6 June 16, 1962 has had her own battles with myth. She was selected to be a cosmonaut because of her gender. But beyond that she was ...
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 ...
Jun 16, 2013 · 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. At the time of her selection as a cosmonaut, she was working as a textile worker in ...
