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Valentina Tereshkova

1937 - Today

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of her spaceflight, she remains the youngest woman to have flown in space under the international definition of 100 km altitude, and the youngest woman to fly in Earth orbit. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentina Tereshkova is the 5th most popular astronaut (down from 4th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Russia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Astronaut.

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She was a Soviet cosmonaut and a textile worker. She was selected to be part of the first all-female group of astronauts in 1963.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 5 out of 556. Before her are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, and Michael Collins. After her are Gene Cernan, Pete Conrad, John Young, William Anders, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, and Vladimir Komarov.

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Among people born in 1937, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 5. Before her are Saddam Hussein, Harald V of Norway, Anthony Hopkins, and Morgan Freeman. After her are Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ridley Scott, Boris Spassky, Ahmed Yassin, and Martti Ahtisaari.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 37 out of 3,761. Before her are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), David Hilbert (1862), Yul Brynner (1920), and Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873). After her are Georgy Zhukov (1896), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Alexander I of Russia (1777), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), and Boris Pasternak (1890).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 2. Before her are Yuri Gagarin (1934). After her are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Sergei Krikalev (1958), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Vladislav Volkov (1935).

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