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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Valentina_TereshkovaValentina Tereshkova - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Valentina-TereshkovaValentina Tereshkova | Biography, Vostok 6, & Facts | Britannica

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   May 22, 2024 · 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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4. www.biography.com › scientists › valentina-tereshkovaValentina Tereshkova - Facts, Age & Family - Biography

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   Feb 25, 2016 · Learn about the life and achievements of Valentina Tereshkova, the Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the earth 48 times in 1963. Find out how she became a hero, a mother, a Communist Party member and a space advocate.

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6. www.space.com › 21571-valentina-tereshkovaValentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

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   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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   Jun 16, 2013 · Agency. First woman in space: Valentina. 16/06/2013 73903 views 271 likes. ESA / About Us / ESA history / 50 years of humans in space. 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.

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   Mar 30, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Valentina Tereshkova, the Soviet cosmonaut who made history by flying in space in 1963. Discover how she became a hero, a mother, and a cosmonaut advocate.

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   How did Tereshkova become famous?

   • Tereshkova's life changed course when she was 22 and made her first parachute jump with a local aviation club, the Yaroslavl Air Sports Club. She would go on to make over 150 jumps, according to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Her passion for skydiving brought her to the attention of the Soviet space program.

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   When did Valentina Tereshkova become an astronaut?

   • And so it was that Valentina Tereshkova made her flight in the summer of 1963, a couple of years after the first Soviet and U.S. astronauts took their rides to space. She paved the way for other women to become astronauts, although the first American woman didn't fly to orbit until the 1980s.

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   Why was Tereshkova a hero of the Soviet Union?

   • When she returned from her voyage—parachuting from her space craft to earth from 20,000 feet—Tereshkova was given the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Despite the success of Tereshkova’s flight, it was 19 years before another woman (Svetlana Savitskaya, also from the USSR) traveled to space.

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   How many days did Tereshkova spend in space?

   • Tereshkova spent almost three days in space during her solo mission. She remains the youngest woman to fly to space, the only female astronaut or cosmonaut to make a solo space journey, and the first civilian to journey to space.

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10. www.thoughtco.com › valentina-tereshkova-biographyValentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space - ThoughtCo

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    Jul 3, 2019 · Learn about the life and achievements of Valentina Tereshkova, the Soviet cosmonaut who made history in 1963 by becoming the first woman to fly in orbit. Find out how she trained, what she experienced, and what she did after her spaceflight.