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Jun 16, 2013 · With the radio call sign ‘Chaika’ (‘seagull’), Tereshkova had become the first woman in space. She was 26. Tereshkova’s televised image was broadcast throughout the Soviet Union and she spoke to Khrushchev by radio. She maintained a flight log and performed various tests to collect data on her body’s reaction to spaceflight.
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...
Mar 30, 2018 · Valentina Tereshkova and Sally Ride made their mark on history. Despite the camaraderie between astronauts and cosmonauts even during the height of the Cold War and the thaw afterwards, there’s no indication that the two ever met. In their own unique ways, the two were trailblazers for women who followed their footsteps in the conquest of space.
Jun 14, 2013 · Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova is seen before she launched on the Vostok 6 mission in 1963. Roscosmos. One of six women selected in NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, Sally Ride was the first of them to fly.
Valentina Tereshkova, in full Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, (born March 6, 1937, Maslennikovo, Russia, U.S.S.R.), Soviet cosmonaut, 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.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (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.
Sep 7, 2018 · Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, 1963. Image: Public Domain. The following year, in 1962, the Soviets launched a program for the new Vostok where they recruited 50 people to...
