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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.
Jul 19, 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.
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...
Jun 16, 2013 · 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. Interested in parachuting from a young age, Tereshkova began skydiving at a local flying club, making her first jump at the age of 22 in May 1959.
Sep 26, 2022 · On June 16, 1963, Soviet engineer and cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova manned a solo mission into space, making her the first woman to do so. Before becoming a cosmonaut for the Soviet Union, Valentina Tereshkova was an amateur skydiver and a textile factory worker.
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.
Jun 14, 2013 · Sally Ride and Valentina Tereshkova, as the first women from their respective countries to fly in space, helped to usher in an era of equality in human spaceflight.
May 14, 2018 · Valentina Tereshkova Born: March 6, 1937Maslennikovo, Russia [1] Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, orbiting the earth [2] forty-eight times in Vostok VI in 1963.
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.
Mar 8, 2017 · Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space 16 June 1963. She spent almost three days orbiting Earth, spending more time in space than all of the Mercury 7 combined. It would be twenty years before the first American woman (Sally Ride) was launched into space.
