# Valentina Tereshkova

> She orbited Earth 48 times alone in 1963 - the first woman in space, the youngest ever to do it, and still the only one to fly solo. A textile worker and amateur skydiver at 26, launched into a record no one else has matched.

*Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/valentina-tereshkova

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Astronaut
- **Category:** Astronauts
- **Country:** Russia
- **Born:** 1937-03-06
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Valentina Tereshkova was born 6 March 1937 and worked in a textile factory while skydiving on the side before the Soviet space programme recruited her. On 16 June 1963, at 26, she flew Vostok 6 solo, spent nearly three days in orbit, and became the first woman in space. After the first female cosmonaut group dissolved in 1969, she stayed on as an instructor, graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, re-qualified for flight but never launched again, and retired from the Air Force in 1997 as a major general. She held political office under the Soviet Union - including a seat on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1974 to 1989 - lost two Duma races after the collapse, then won a regional seat in 2008 and a national one in 2011. In 2022, she voted for the invasion of Ukraine.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 77.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 12.5 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 27.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 4.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #12
- **Category rank:** #2

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855547/ (@nm0855547)

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Other, #Space Exploration, #Politics, #20th Century

## Timeline
- **2023** - Order of Gagarin
- **2003** - Order of Honour
- **1981** - Order of the Star of Ethiopia
- **1972** - Order of the Yugoslav Flag
- **1965** - Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
- **1963** - Order of Tri Shakti Patta
- **1963** - Order of Georgi Dimitrov
- **1963** - Hero of Labour
- **1937** - Born

## Sources
- [Терешкова, Валентина Владимировна](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Valentina Terechkova](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Terechkova)
- [Valentina Tereshkova](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [ワレンチナ・テレシコワ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AF)
- [Valentina Tereškova](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tere%C5%A1kova)
- [Valentina Tereshkova](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Walentina Tierieszkowa](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walentina_Tierieszkowa)
- [Valentina Teresjkova](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Teresjkova)
- [瓦莲京娜·捷列什科娃](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%93%A6%E8%8E%B2%E4%BA%AC%E5%A8%9C%C2%B7%E6%8D%B7%E5%88%97%E4%BB%80%E7%A7%91%E5%A8%83)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44371)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Valentina%20Tereshkova)
- [Валянціна Уладзіміраўна Церашкова](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)
- [Валянціна Церашкова](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)
- [فالنتينا تريشكوفا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7)
- [Valentina Tereshkova](https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Valentina Těreškovová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_T%C4%9Bre%C5%A1kovov%C3%A1)
- [Терешкова Валентина Владимировна](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [فالنتينا تريشكوفا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7)
- [ڤالێنتینا تێرێشکۆڤا](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AA%DB%8E%D8%B1%DB%8E%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%86%DA%A4%D8%A7)
- [Терешкова, Валентина Владимировна](https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Valentėna Tereškuova](https://bat_smg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valent%C4%97na_Tere%C5%A1kuova)
- [Valentina Tereixkova](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereixkova)
- [Терешкова Валентина Владимировна](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0)
- [Valentina Tereshkova](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Valentina Teresjkova](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Teresjkova)
- [Walentina Wladimirowna Tereschkowa](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walentina_Wladimirowna_Tereschkowa)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valentina_T%C4%9Bre%C5%A1kovov%C3%A1)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Валентина Терешкова](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0)

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