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Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space.
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Vostok 6
1963 Soviet crewed spaceflight
Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Valentina Tereshkova
Russian cosmonaut and politician (born 1937)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)