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| Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova | |
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1963 USSR postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova
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| Cosmonaut | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Born | March 6, 1937 Yaroslavl Oblast, USSR |
| Other occupation | Pilot |
| Rank | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
| Time in space | 2d 22h 50m |
| Selection | Female Group |
| Missions | Vostok 6 |
| Mission insignia |  |
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born 6 March 1937), is a Soviet retired cosmonaut.
She was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 (one of Vostok rocket) on 16 June 1963. She and four others were chosen out of more than 400 other women to fly in space.
Images for kids
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Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky among children
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Cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Valentina Tereshkova on a Hungarian stamp.
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From left to right: Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, Valentina Tereshkova, and Nikita Khrushchev at the Lenin Mausoleum, during a celebration honoring the Soviet cosmonauts, 1963
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Tereshkova, skiing, 1964
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Tereshkova in 1970
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The wedding ceremony of pilot-cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev, 3 November 1963.
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Valentina Tereshkova and Neil Armstrong, 1970
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Tereshkova visiting the Lviv confectionery, 1967
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Valentina Tereshkova among delegates at the 24th Congress of the CPSU, 1971.
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Tereshkova at the Heureka science centre, in Finland, 2002
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Valentina Tereshkova and NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in December 2010.