Russian cosmonaut and pilot, first woman to have flown in space (born 1937)
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First woman in space in 1963 aboard Vostok 6, still the only one to fly solo. Tereshkova orbited Earth 48 times at 26 and remains the youngest woman to do it.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, 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 orbit Earth.
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