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.
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Flew under the Soviet space program that Roscosmos institutionally succeeded.
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
Valentina Tereshkova was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew Vostok 6 in 1963, the first woman in space.
Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
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Additional Source Vostok 6 (Wikipedia)Vostok 6, lead section (crew)
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Source Valentina Tereshkova (Wikipedia)
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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)
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She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
Valentina Tereshkova, lead section
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut.
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Her call sign on this flight was Chaika.
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.
View the Source3. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Associated With: Soviet space program, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Valentina Tereshkova
4. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
5. The Space Devs Launch Library 2: Launch Library 2 astronaut list, records 201 to 300
The Space Devs Launch Library 2Astronaut record 263, Valentina TereshkovaQuote, Astronaut record 263, Valentina Tereshkova
"name": "Valentina Tereshkova" ... "flights_count": 1
Wikidata: Valentina Tereshkova
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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