Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova 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. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of her spaceflight, she remains the youngest woman to have flown in space under the international definition of 100 km altitude, and the youngest woman to fly in Earth orbit.

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
astronaut, engineer, military personnel, politician, military officer, university teacher, aircraft pilot, member of the State Duma, Honorary citizen of Vitebsk, Stolypin Medal, 2nd class, Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class, Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class, Yuri A. Gagarin Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of space activities, Medal to Participant in Military Operations in Syria, Order of Culture, Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, Order of Gagarin, Commendation of the Government of Russia, International Space Hall of Fame, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour, Order of Ana Betancourt, Order of Playa Girón, Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", VDNKh gold medal, Order of Tri Shakti Patta, Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, Hero of Labour, Order of the Yugoslav Flag, Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, Order of Honour, Order of Klement Gottwald, Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands", Star of the Republic of Indonesia, Order of the Star of Ethiopia, Order of Georgi Dimitrov, Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Scientific Merit Order, Order of the Nile, Hero of Socialist Labour, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Order of the Volta, Order of the Sun of Peru, Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of the Star of Jordan, Order of Friendship, Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia, Order of Alexander Nevsky, Order of the October Revolution, Order of Karl Marx, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Order of Sukhbaatar, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Duke Branimir, honorary degree, Order of Lenin, Russia, Soviet Union, 

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  Soviet space mission of 1963, the first human spaceflight to carry a woman (Valentina Tereshkova) into space

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova, outside the Vostok 6 capsule

Air Force academy - Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

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Tereshkova Saragat 1967

Air Force academy - Valentina Tereshkova

Soviet Cosmonauts 1960s

Valentina Tereshkova (January 1963)

Valentina Tereshkova, pilot-cosmonaut, first female cosmonaut, Hero of the USSR. Pictured as a Major of the Soviet Air Forces.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	spaceflight	1963	Vostok 6	human spaceflight, crewed spacecraft, Vostok	Wikidata
link	page		Obalky knih.cz page@		Wikidata
commons	image		Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova		Commons
commons	image		Valentina Tereshkova, outside the Vostok 6 capsule		Commons
commons	image		Air Force academy - Valentina Tereshkova		Commons
commons	image		Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova		Commons
commons	image		Signature Valentina Tereshkova		Commons
commons	image		Tereshkova Saragat 1967		Commons
commons	image		Air Force academy - Valentina Tereshkova		Commons
commons	image		Soviet Cosmonauts 1960s		Commons
commons	image		Valentina Tereshkova (January 1963)		Commons
commons	image		Valentina Tereshkova, pilot-cosmonaut, first female cosmonaut, Hero of the USSR. Pictured as a Major of the Soviet Air Forces.		Commons