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Valentina Tereshkova

va-len-TEE-na te-resh-KO-va
Also Known As Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova · Chaika (Seagull) - Vostok 6 radio callsign
Soviet Union and Russia

A Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman in space, flying a solo mission aboard Vostok 6 in 1963. She remains, as of the mid-2020s, the only woman to have flown a solo space mission.

Facts
Birth Date
1937-03-06 3
Birth Year
1937 4
Nationality
Soviet, later Russian 3
Defining Contribution
First woman in space 3
Notable Mission
Vostok 6 (1963) 3
Classification
Astronaut Role
Pilot 1
Dating
Selection Year
1962 2
Connections

Associated With

Roscosmos, Space Agencies and Companies

Flew under the Soviet space program that Roscosmos institutionally succeeded.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies

Valentina Tereshkova was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Vostok 6 in 1963, the first woman in space.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica

Missions Crewed

Vostok 6, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Vostok 6 (Wikipedia)Vostok 6, lead section (crew)

Operated By

Soviet space program, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Russia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Soviet Union

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Sources
1. Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6View the Source
2. Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia Valentina Tereshkova lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
  • Valentina Tereshkova, lead section
    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut.
  • Operated By: Soviet space program, Lead paragraph, operated-by
    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut.
  • In Group: Vostok and Voskhod Cosmonauts, Lead sentence
    She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
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3. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Associated With: Soviet space program, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Valentina Tereshkova
4. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia FoundationValentina Tereshkova, Wikipedia - Vostok 6 flight section
Quote, Valentina Tereshkova, Wikipedia - Vostok 6 flight section
Her call sign on this flight was Chaika (Russian: seagull).
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Wikidata: Valentina Tereshkova
Wikidata Q44371, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Vostok 6 (Wikipedia)
Missions Crewed: Vostok 6, Vostok 6, lead section (crew)
Quote, Missions Crewed: Vostok 6, Vostok 6, lead section (crew)
Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, lit. 'Orient 6' or 'East 6') was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
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