- Valentina Tereshkova - Wikipedia
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 mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut
- Valentina Tereshkova | Biography, Vostok 6, Facts | Britannica
Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut who was 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 She later became a politician
- June 16, 1963: Valentina Tereshkova is the first woman in space
On June 16, 1963, 26-year-old Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman to travel into space A former factory seamstress, Tereshkova was an accomplished
- Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space
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
- ESA - First woman in space: Valentina - European Space Agency
On 16 February 1962, out of more than 400 applicants, five women were selected to join the cosmonaut corps: Tatyana Kuznetsova, Irina Solovyova, Zhanna Yorkina, Valentina Ponomaryova and Valentina Tereshkova
- Astronaut | First Woman in Space - Interesting Engineering
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, born on March 6, 1937, in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a village on the Volga River in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, is a distinguished Russian aeronautical engineer,
- Valentina Tereshkova: The first woman in space - Sky HISTORY
In 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in Earth orbit Learn more about her life, career and space exploration legacy
- 10 Facts About Valentina Tereshkova - History Hit
On 16 June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space On a solo mission on the Vostok 6, she orbited Earth 48 times, logging more than 70 hours in space – just under 3 days With that single flight, Tereshkova logged more flight time than the all the US Mercury astronauts who had flown to that date combined
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