Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born 6 March 1937), is a Soviet retired cosmonaut.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova | |
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.jpg) 1963 USSR postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova | |
| Born | March 6, 1937 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Occupation | Pilot |
| Space career | |
| Cosmonaut | |
| Rank | Major General, Soviet Air Force |
Time in space | 2d 22h 50m |
| Selection | Female Group |
| Missions | Vostok 6 |
She was the first woman to fly in space,[1] aboard Vostok 6 (one of Vostok rocket) on 16 June 1963. She and four others were chosen out of more than 400 other women to fly in space.[2]
Social activity
In 2011, she was elected to the State Duma of Russia from the United Russia party on the Yaroslavl regional list. Tereshkova, together with Elena Mizulina, Irina Yarovaya and Andrey Skoch,[3][4][5] is a member of an inter-factional deputy group for the protection of Christian values; in this capacity, she supported the introduction of amendments to the Russian Constitution, according to which, "Orthodoxy is the basis of the national and cultural identity of Russia." Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Federal Structure and Local Self-Government since December 21, 2011.
Valentina Tereshkova Media
Tereshkova in January 1963
Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky a few weeks before their mission
Vostok 6 capsule on temporary display in the Science Museum, London in 2016
Yuri Gagarin, Pavel Popovich, Tereshkova, and Nikita Khrushchev at Lenin's Mausoleum on 22 June 1963
Tereshkova visiting the Lvov confectionery, Ukrainian SSR, 1967
Tereshkova with American communist Angela Davis in 1973, East Berlin, East Germany
Tereshkova with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Russian State Duma, 2018
Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev's wedding ceremony, 3 November 1963
Tereshkova in uniform in 1969
Tereshkova and Neil Armstrong in 1970
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References
- ↑ Ghosh, Pallab (17 September 2015). "Valentina Tereshkova: USSR was 'worried' about women in space". BBC. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ Hawkins, Alexander (12 July 2016). "Valentina Tereshkova". Avaunt. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ↑ Андрей Владимирович Скоч — депутат Госдумы, меценат и общественный деятель. (dp.ru)
- ↑ Скоч Андрей Владимирович — депутат Государственной думы Российской Федерации шести созывов. (stories-of-success.ru)
- ↑ Биография депутата и руководителя фонда «Поколение» Андрея Скоча (theperson.pro)