Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in Earth orbit. Learn more about her life, career and ...

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

TASS/. Russia has good prospects of launching more female cosmonauts into space, Hero of the Soviet Union and the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova told reporters at the opening of an ...

MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Russia’s Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman in space, holder of the Hero of the Soviet Union title, first-ever lady to have been awarded the rank of Major-General ...

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Reuters In 1963 Valentina Tereshkova, as a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first woman in space The amendments addressed by Mr Putin in his televised speech on Tuesday were put forward by MP ...

SPUTNIK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Bykovsky (L) with Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin (R) Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky was born on the 2 August 1934 in Pavlovsky Posad, near Moscow. As a boy ...