Colonel-Engineer Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (March 6, 1937- ) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman in space. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963, and orbited the Earth 48 times. The flight lasted 2.95 days (=70.8 hours). During her space mission, Tereshkova's radio call name was "Chaika," which means "seagull" in Russian.
2006-10-27 07:08:38
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answered by F.G. 5
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova:
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Colonel-Engineer Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (March 6, 1937- ) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman in space. She was on the Vostok 5 mission which launched on June 16, 1963, and orbited the Earth 48 times. The flight lasted 2.95 days (=70.8 hours). During her space mission, Tereshkova's radio call name was "Chaika," which means "seagull" in Russian.
The Vostok 5 spacecraft was recovered on June 19, 1963, in the Soviet Union. Tereshkova had parachuted from the spacecraft after earth's atmospheric re-entry; she landed about 380 miles northeast of Karaganda, Kazakhstan. Valentina Tereshkova was given the title "Hero of the Soviet Union," received the Order of Lenin, and was honored with the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace. She never flew in space again.
Tereshkova had been an expert in parachuting and a factory worker before she wrote to the Soviet space program, volunteering her service. She and the other candidates to be in the first woman in space were given extensive testing and interviews (beginning in December 1961). Tereshkova and Tatyana Torchillova were chosen in May 1963, to train for the Vostok 6 flight. Tereshkova was the final choice.
On November 3, 1963, Tereshkova married another cosmonaut (Andrian Nikolayev, who also went into space). They had a daughter, Elena Andrionovna, who was born in 1964; Elena (now a doctor in Russia) was the first child born to parents who both went into space. Tereshkova went on to graduate from the Zhuykosky Air Force Engineering Academy in 1969, and in 1976, earned a degree in Technical Science.
2006-10-27 07:10:31
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answered by Gazpode55 4
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963.
(Time spent in space - 2days, 22hours, 50minutes).She orbited the earth 48 times in this journey.
2006-10-27 07:18:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
2006-10-27 07:09:30
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answered by Anonymous
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, A Russian woman who flew in space in 1963.
2006-10-27 07:08:44
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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Valentina Tereshkova
2006-10-27 07:09:23
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answered by Anonymous
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Valentina Tereshkova
2006-10-27 07:08:48
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answered by t_roy_e 3
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i think gellen was the first.but the first female tourist was the iranian/american "anousheh ansari".
2006-10-27 07:09:04
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answered by fromheaven 2
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