Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

Friday, June 14, 2013 - 15:31 in Astronomy & Space

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space. She flew Vostok 6 in 1963, spending almost three days in space and orbiting Earth 48 times.

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