Valentina Tereshkova Quotes


Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.


Citations

Tereshkova, Valentina. Quoted in "First woman in space reveals error that almost killed her." The Telegraph, 2 Mar. 2007.

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Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova
  • Born: March 6, 1937
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Astronaut

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a member of the Russian State Duma, engineer, and former cosmonaut. She is the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.