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Cosmonaut Biographies
Biographies of the brave men and women who have made a success of the Russian Cosmonaut Program.
Valentina Tereshkova Biography
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, cosmonaut. The USSR sent a female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova into space many years before NASA sent astronaut, Sally Ride. This is a biography of Valentina Tereshkova.