- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician
| Born: | 06 March 1937 Comment | | How old is Valentina Tereshkova in 2024? / Age: | 87 years
| | Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
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Valentina Tereshkova facts
- She is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963
- She completed 48 orbits of the Earth in her three days in spacenIn order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space
- Before her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur skydiver
- After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, she became a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices
- She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union and is still regarded as a hero in post-Soviet Russia
- In 2013, she offered to go on a one-way trip to Mars if the opportunity arose
- At the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was a carrier of the Olympic flag
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