Valentina Tereškova
Valentina Tereskova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
· Born: 6 March 1937 (age 81)
· The first woman to go into space
· Retired Russian cosmonaut,
engineer, and politician
· The only woman ever to have been
on a solo space mission
Valentina Tereshkova
· June 16, 1963
· Vostok 6
· Time in space: 2 days, 23 hrs, and 12 mins
· Orbited Earth 48 times in her space capsule
· Only trip into space
Before
· Inspired by Gagarin
· Volunteered for the Soviet space
program
· No experience as a pilot, but was
accepted into the program because of
her 126 parachute jumps.
· 18 months of training
· Of the five women, only Tereshkova
went into space.
After
· Never flew in space again.
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