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Monday, May 20, 2013

Russia

  • Valentina Tereshkova completed 48 orbits of the Earth in June 1963.
  • Tereshkova with cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, the first man in space, at Lenin’s mausoleum in Red Square in 1963
  • Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (center) with Tereshkova and cosmonaut Valery Bykovsky in 1963. Bykovsky holds the endurance record for a solo space flight. He spent five days in orbit.
  • Tereshkova and Yury Gagarin pose with various Soviet honors in 1963.
  • Tereshkova visits Prague on a victory tour following her flight in 1963.
  • A matchbox label from 1963 featured a portrait of Tereshkova.
  • Tereshkova with her daughter Elena in January 1971
  • Then-President Vladimir Putin meets with Tereshkova in March 2007.
  • Then-President Vladimir Putin honors Tereshkova with the Order for Service for the Fatherland in May 2007.
  • An election billboard for Tereshkova, who ran successfully for a seat in the State Duma with the ruling United Russia party in February 2008
  • Tereshkova at a State Duma plenary session in Moscow on January 13
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First Woman In Space Turns 75

Published 6 March 2012

Russia is marking the 75th birthday of the first woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. She made international headlines in June 1963 when her Vostok-6 space capsule successfully completed 48 orbits around the Earth in a space flight lasting nearly three days.