First woman in space

Posted on June 16, 2014 by P Hodkinson

TRUE STORY – on June 16, 1963 the Vostok series ended as it had begun, with yet another historic achievement for Russia. Vostok 6 carried 25-year-old Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman ever to travel in space. She had been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot the spacecraft.

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