Valentina Tereshkova
6 March 1937 – present
Valentina Tereshkova is a Russian former cosmonaut and politician who in June 1963 became the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6. A textile worker and amateur parachutist before her selection, she later graduated as an engineer from the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. She has held public office in the Soviet Union and, since 2011, in the Russian State Duma.
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Life events
She was born in a village in western Russia to a tractor driver and a textile worker.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWhile employed at the Krasny Perekop mill she took up parachuting at the Yaroslavl air sports club.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer amateur parachuting record was central to her later selection as a cosmonaut.
She was chosen from more than four hundred applicants for training in the first female cosmonaut corps.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe orbited the Earth 48 times during a flight lasting almost three days.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe couple married in Moscow; the marriage ended in divorce in 1982.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer daughter was the first child born to two parents who had both flown in space.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe led the national women's organisation and represented the Soviet Union at international events.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe qualified as a cosmonaut engineer and later received a doctorate in engineering.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe entered the lower house of the Russian parliament as a deputy for the United Russia party.
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