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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 ...
Valentina Gagarina and her husband astronaut Yuri Gagarin in 1964 . On October 27, 1957, in Orenburg, she married aviator Yuri Gagarin. [10] In their house, a museum-apartment of Yuri and Valentina Gagarin was later opened. The Gagarins had two daughters, Yelena and Galina. On April 12, 1961 her husband was the first in the world to fly into ...
Tereshkov (feminine: Tereshkova) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexey Tereshkov (1893–1960), Soviet general; Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937), Soviet cosmonaut, first woman in space; Olga Tereshkova (born 1984), Kazakh former sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres
The first eleven Soviet cosmonauts, July 1965. Back row, left to right: Leonov, Titov, Bykovsky, Yegorov, Popovich; front row: Komarov, Gagarin, Tereshkova, Nikolayev, Feoktistov, Belyayev. All were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union, worn on the left breast and the Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR decoration, worn on the right.
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The couple had been together for 40 years and were seen publicly as supportive, well-matched political spouses. Gore met Mary Elizabeth “Tipper” Aitcheson at a high school dance back in 1965 ...