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Bookmark or Share- Reaching New Heights in Space - National Air and Space MuseumSoviet cosmonaut Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova in the spacecraft Vostok 6. From June 16 to 19, 1963, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space. Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in Bolshoye Maslennikovo. Tereshkova graduated at age 17.
- ESA - First woman in space: Valentina - European Space AgencyInterested 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. At the time of her selection as a cosmonaut, she was working as a textile worker in a local factory.
- Valentina Tereshkova - Facts, Age & Family - BiographyIn 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space aboard Vostok 6. (1937-) Who Was Valentina Tereshkova? As a young woman, Valentina Tereshkova worked in a textile...
- Valentina Tereshkova | Biography, Vostok 6, & Facts | BritannicaValentina 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.
- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova - Encyclopedia.comValentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. Tereshkova took off from the Tyuratam Space Station in the Vostok VI in 1963 and orbited the Earth for almost three days, showing women had the same resistance to space as men.
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