biography
| name: |
Tereshkova, Valentina
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pronunciation:
[tereshkova]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1937– )
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| biography:
| Cosmonaut and the first woman to fly in space, born in Maslennikovo, W Russia. She worked in a textile factory, qualified as a sports parachutist, and entered training as a cosmonaut in 1962, becoming a solo crew member of the three-day Vostok 6 flight launched on 16 June 1963. She was made a hero of the Soviet Union, and became a member of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party in 1971. Since 1992 she has been chairman of the Russian Association of International Co-operation. |
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