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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova [a] [b] (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space , having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
On 3 November 1963, he married Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space (see Vostok 6). They had one daughter, Elena Andriyanovna (now a doctor of medicine), before their marriage collapsed. However, it was not until 1982 that they divorced. In 2004, Nikolayev died of a heart attack in Cheboksary, the capital of Chuvashia in Russia ...
Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova with children, c. 1963. He launched on the Vostok 5 mission from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 14 June 1963. [5] During the flight he conducted experiments, such as photographing the Earth's horizon and documenting the growth of peas.
Soviet Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, launched in 1963 aboard the Soviet Vostok 6. The first woman to fly in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a textile factory worker who was an avid amateur parachutist, as parachuting was necessary for the Earth landing which was made outside the reentry capsule. [18]
In 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on her Vostok 6 flight of 48 orbits, and is the only woman to fly solo in space. The following is a list of women who have traveled into space, sorted by date of first flight. This list includes Russian cosmonauts, who were the first women in outer space.
Sally Kristen Ride (May 26, 1951 – July 23, 2012) was an American astronaut and physicist.Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978, and in 1983 became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space, after cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova in 1963 and Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982.
Ryan Fitzpatrick #14 of the New York Jets walks off the field with his children after a game at MetLife Stadium on November 29, 2015 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Ryan and Liza welcomed their ...
Valentina Tereshkova: Succeeded by: Farit Mukhametshin (as head of Rossotrudnichestvo) Personal details; Born 11 June 1953 (age 71) Stalingrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union: Spouse: Vladimir Tyrtychnikov: Children: Maria, Andrei, Fiodor: Alma mater: Moscow State Institute of International Relations