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• n  Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman in space (born in 1937)

• Tereshkova
• Valentina Tereshkova
• Valentina Vladmirovna Tereshkova

News & Articles

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• First Woman In Space Would Take One-Way Trip To Mars
  Valentina Tereshkova Calls Mars Her 'Favorite Planet' It was 50 years ago on June 16th that Valentina Tereshkova become the first woman to fly in space, and now the 76-year-old Russian says she's ready to go back ... on a one-way trip to Mars.
  June 13, 2013 - The Aero-News Network
• Mercury 13 Author Can Speak on 50th Anniversary of Women in Space
  Fifty years ago this month, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. It took the U.S. until June 18, 1983 to send a woman into space, despite training 13 women in the early 1960s.
  June 12, 2013 - Newswise
• First Woman in Space Wants to Go to Mars
  Valentina Tereshkova, first woman to orbit the Earth, is about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of her historic mission -- but she now has even loftier dreams. Continue reading ?
  June 11, 2013 - Discovery News