Valentina Tereshkova
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, 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
Tereshkova in 2024
Tereshkova in January 1963
Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky a few weeks before their mission
Vostok 6 capsule on temporary display in the Science Museum, London in 2016
Vostok 6
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Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Valentina Tereshkova
…born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, politician, 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 mission and is the…
Valentina Tereshkova, first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, 1969.Vostok program← Vostok 5
Vostok 6 patch
Vostok spacecraft