Profession: 1st Woman in Space
Why Famous: First woman in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on the 16th June 1963.
Born: March 6, 1937
Birthplace: Maslennikovo, Soviet Union
Age: 84 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Pisces
Married Life
- 1963-11-03 Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (26) weds cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev (34) at the Moscow Wedding Palace
Historical Events
- 1963-06-16 Soviet space mission Vostok 6 is launched with Valentina Tereshkova onboard, who becomes the 1st woman in space
- 1963-06-16 Valentina Tereshkova (USSR) is 1st woman in space, aboard Vostok 6
- 1963-06-19 Valentina Tereshkova 1st woman in space returns to Earth
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