Tags: Astronaut.

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born 6 March 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and engineer and the first woman to have flown in space having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.

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time in space (μ)
720.0, 255600.0
birth date
1937-03-06
birth place
Soviet Union, Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast
mission
Vostok 6
nationality
Russia, Soviet Union
occupation
Pilot (aeronautics)
selection
List of astronauts by year of selection
type
Soviet Union, Outer space

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