Valentina Tereshkova - Women's History Month
Wednesday March 10, 2004
First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova was born to a peasant family in the Yaroslavl' region of the former USSR in 1937. Yaroslavl is now a part of Russia.
She was chosen to fly aboard Vostok 6, scheduled for a June 16, 1963 launch date. It is believed that her backup was Irina Solovyova. Tereshkova's training included at least two long simulations on the ground, of 6 days and 12 days duration. on June 14, 1963 cosmonaut Valeriy Bykovsky launched on Vostok 5. Tereshkova and Vostok 6 launched two days later, flying with the call sign Chaika (Seagull), becoming the first woman in space
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Valentina Tereshkova was born to a peasant family in the Yaroslavl' region of the former USSR in 1937. Yaroslavl is now a part of Russia.
She was chosen to fly aboard Vostok 6, scheduled for a June 16, 1963 launch date. It is believed that her backup was Irina Solovyova. Tereshkova's training included at least two long simulations on the ground, of 6 days and 12 days duration. on June 14, 1963 cosmonaut Valeriy Bykovsky launched on Vostok 5. Tereshkova and Vostok 6 launched two days later, flying with the call sign Chaika (Seagull), becoming the first woman in space
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