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Valentina Tereshkova

Russian - (RFSA)

Retired

Date of Birth: March 6, 1937
Age: 88


Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than 400 applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space.

Vostok-K | Vostok 6

Soviet Space Program | Russia
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
June 16, 1963, 9:29 a.m.
Status: Success
Mission:

Vostok was the last mission of the Vostok program. It was piloted by Valentina Tereshkova. The mission was launched two days after Vostok 5. The mission began on 16 June 1963, 09:29:52 UTC and ended on 19 June 1963, 08:20 UTC.

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