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    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space. She was selected as one of four women to undergo training as Soviet cosmonauts under the direction of Nikita Khrushchev. On June 16, 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard Vostok 6, orbiting the Earth 48 times over the course of nearly three days. Her spaceflight helped bring greater attention to gender equality and demonstrated women's ability to achieve things previously limited to men.

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    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space. She was selected as one of four women to undergo training as Soviet cosmonauts under the direction of Nikita Khrushchev. On June 16, 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard Vostok 6, orbiting the Earth 48 times over the course of nearly three days. Her spaceflight helped bring greater attention to gender equality and demonstrated women's ability to achieve things previously limited to men.

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    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space. She was selected as one of four women to undergo training as Soviet cosmonauts under the direction of Nikita Khrushchev. On June 16, 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she launched aboard Vostok 6, orbiting the Earth 48 times over the course of nearly three days. Her spaceflight helped bring greater attention to gender equality and demonstrated women's ability to achieve things previously limited to men.

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    Individuals and Societies

    VALENTINA
    TERESHKOVA
    BY JASON HUANG

    IB LEARNER ATTRIBUTES
    POSITIVE IMPACT
    Risk Taker - Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space, and
    this risky act will definitely ask for great courage. She explored space, exploring how
    space effects a woman and if they
    Open-Minded - She would be open minded because she was the could treat space just like male
    pioneer of woman exploration, and she had to be very open-minded cosmonauts.
    to do so. She was the pioneer of woman
    exploration, bringing more attention
    Knowledgeable - Tereshkova would be knowledgeable through her to gender equality and how woman
    training to become the first woman "cosmonaut".
    can do things just like men can do.
    She toured the world, presenting
    soviet science to western countries,
    HOW? WHY? She earned fame for herself,
    eventually becoming a high party
    Valentina became interested official in the Soviet Union.
    in parachute jumping at an
    early age. It was her expertise
    in parachute (128 jumps)
    jumping that led to her
    selection as a cosmonaut.
    Under the direction of Soviet
    premier Nikita Khrushchev,
    four women were selected.

    WHERE? WHEN?
    Soviet cosmonaut Valentina At 12:30 PM on June 16, 1963,
    NEGATIVE IMPACT
    Tereshkova was born in the Junior Lieutenant Tereshkova
    After becoming the first woman in
    Yaroslavl Region of Russia on became the first woman to be
    space, the Americans, being a major
    March 6, 1937. She was the launched into space. Vostok VI
    cotestant of space, has to respond to
    second born of three children. made 48 orbits (1,200,000
    this. This lead to further investment of
    Her father was a tractor driver miles) in 70 hours, 50 minutes,
    human and financial resources into
    and her mother worked in a then landing safely in Barnaul,
    something that some people might
    textile plant. Russia.
    think is irrelevent and considered as a
    waste of money.
    WHO? it might not be a very considerable
    factor during the Soviet era, but her
    space exploration implied significant
    According to Encyclopædia
    pollution. The manufacturing process
    Britannica, Valentina
    and the fuel used are both non-
    Tereshkova was the first
    sustainble and single-use only.
    woman to go into space. In
    With her fame, she would be
    1963, she spent almost 3 days
    expected to be the role model of
    in space and orbited earth for
    soviet woman - she's constantly
    48 times, in her capsule Vostok
    under the limelight.
    6.
    CITATIONS
    IB Learner Profile IB Learner Profile IB Learner ProfileIB ...
    https://www.ibo.org/contentassets/fd82f70643ef4086b7d3f292cc214962/learner-profile-en.pdf.

    Mann, Adam. “The Vostok Program: The Soviet's First Crewed Spaceflight Program.” Space.com, Space,
    28 July 2020, https://www.space.com/vostok-program.html.

    “Valentina Tereshkova.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.,


    www.britannica.com/biography/Valentina-Tereshkova.

    “Valentina Tereshkova.” NASA, NASA,


    starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tereshkova.html.

    "Valentina Tereshkova." Encyclopedia of World Biography Online, Gale, 1998. Gale In Context: Biography,
    link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631006439/BIC?u=hkisf&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=90f401ef. Accessed 20 Sept.
    2021.

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