Valentina Tereshkova - the First Woman In Space

Valentina Tereshkova - the First Woman In Space

By Nadezhda Ivanova

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• born in a village near the city of Yaroslavl, Russia, on 6 March 1937;

• father was a tractor driver;

• mother worked in a textile factory.

Valentina Tereshkova

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What did Tereshkova's parents do for a living?

• Her dad was a tractor driver.

• Her dad was a taxi driver.

• Her mom was a textile worker.

• Her mom was a teacher.

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• Valentina worked as a textile worker;

• began parachuting at the age of 22.

​Tereshkova's Youth

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• On 16 February 1962, five female cosmonaut trainees were selected;

• Tereshkova was accepted because of her 126 parachute jumps;

• The group spent 18 months in training.

Selection for the First Women Space Flight

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• on 16 June 1963 Tereshkova's FIRST flight on Vostok 6;

• SECOND duel space flight with Valeriy Bykovsky on Vostok 5;

First - Second Flight

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Tereshkova flew into space on 16 June 1963.

• True

• False

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Tereshkova and Bykovsky flew together on Vostok 5.

• True

• False

During her flight on Vostok 6 Tereshkova​

• logged more than 70 hours in space

  (two days, 23 hours, and 12 minutes);

• orbited the Earth 48 times

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Valentina Tereshkova

• orbited the Earth 48 times

• orbited the Earth 40 times

• spent more than 70 hours in space

• spent more than 90 hours in space

• Moon crater;

• Seagull small planet 16171;

• Yaroslavl City Race;

• Streets;

• Monuments;

• Ship;

• Hotel.

Tereshkova's Legacy

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Valentina Tereshkova

• was the first woman in space

• was an experienced parachutist

• made only one space flight

• was a Soviet cosmonaut

"If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly into space?"

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Valentina Tereshkova:

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