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Signature. 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 6on 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 ...
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. In space at the same time was Valery F. Bykovsky, who had been launched two days earlier in Vostok 5, and ...
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Feb 25, 2016 · The first woman to travel in space, she called out, “Hey sky, take off your hat. I’m on my way!” as the craft took off. Tereshkova orbited the earth 48 times in 70.8 hours—just under three ...
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 solo ...
Feb 9, 2010 · On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space.After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in ...
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Mar 30, 2018 · Among her crewmates was Kathryn Sullivan, another woman from the Class of 1978, marking the first time that two women were in space at the same time. During the eight-day mission in October 1984, the crew deployed an Earth-observation satellite and Sullivan conducted the first spacewalk by an American woman.
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Jun 17, 2021 · Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, had orbited the earth once; the US Mercury astronauts had orbited a total of 36 times. Whilst overlooked in notoriety to her male counterparts, Valentina Tereshkova remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission, and also the youngest woman to have flown in space.
