Valentina Vladimirovna

(Nikolaeva-)Tereshkova
•Number of flights - 1
•Flight duration - 2 days 22 hours 50 minutes.

•Status - USSR pilot-cosmonaut

•Date and place of birth:

•Born on March 6, 1937 in the village of Maslennikovo,
Tutaevsky District, Yaroslavl Region, RSFSR.
 Education and
scientific degrees:
In 1955 she graduated from school and from
September 1964 to May 1969 she studied at the
Faculty of Engineering of the Zhukovsky Military
Aviation Academy. She received the
qualification “pilot-cosmonaut-engineer”.
From January to May 25, 1963, she was
preparing for a flight on the Vostok-6 spacecraft
under the women's flight program as part of a
group together with Irina Solovyova, Valentina
Ponomareva, Zhanna Yorkina.
She was named the main candidate for the
flight.
First flight to
space
She flew in space on June 16-19,
1963 as commander of the Vostok-6
spacecraft under the group flight
program with the Vostok-5 spacecraft
piloted by Valery Bykovsky.
Call sign - "Seagull".
The flight duration was 2 days 22
hours 50 minutes.
Social and political activity
•Since 1966, Tereshkova has been active in government and
social activities.

• Valentina Vladimirovna is an honorary citizen of 18 Russian

and foreign cities. A crater on the Moon and a minor planet,
streets in several cities are named after her. In Moscow, a
bronze bust of the first woman astronaut was installed on the
Alley of Heroes of Space.

•In 2013, a postage stamp was issued in India in honor of

Tereshkova