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Biography of Valentina Tereshkova
Name: Valentina Tereshkova
Birth Date: March 6, 1937
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Maslennikovo, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Nationality: Russian
Gender: Female
Occupations: cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova (born 1937) was the first woman in space, orbiting the earth 48 times in Vostok VI in 1963.Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. Tereshkova took off from the Tyuratam Space Station in the Vostok VI in 1963, and orbited the Earth for almost three days, showing women had the same resistance to space as men. She then toured the world promoting Soviet science and feminism, and served on the Soviet Women's Committee and the Supreme Soviet Presidium. Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikovo. Her father, Vladimir Tereshkov, was a tractor driver; a Red Army soldier during World War II, he was killed when Valentina was two. Her mother Elena Fyodorovna Tereshkova, a worker at the Krasny Perekop cotton mill, singlehandedly raised Valentina, her brother Vladimir and her sister Ludmilla in economically trying conditions; assisting her mother, Valentina was not able …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…novelistNeil Armstrong (1931-) American astronautJames Cronin (1931-) American physicistYuri Gagarin (1934-1968) Russian cosmonautSelected world events:1941: Japan attacked Pearl Harbor1954: First nuclear-powered submarine launched1961: First manned spacecraft orbited the earth1969: Man walked on moon for first time1971: Soviet Union established first space station1972: U.S. established diplomatic ties with People's Republic of China1978: First casino opened in Atlantic City1989: Disney's The Little Mermaid Further Reading booksDrexel, John, editor, Facts on File Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, Facts on File, 1991, pp. 884-885.O'Neill, Lois Decker, "Farthest Out of All: The First Woman in Space," in Women's Book of World Records and Achievements, Anchor Books, 1979, pp. 739-740.Sharpe, Mitchell, "It is I, Sea Gull": Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space, Crowell, 1975.Uglow, Jennifer S., editor, The International Dictionary of Women's Biography, Continuum, 1982, p. 461.periodicals"Soviets Orbit Woman Cosmonaut," in New York Times, June 17, 1963, pp. 1, 8."2 Russians Land in Central Asia after Space Trip," in New York Times, June 20, 1963, pp. 1, 3.
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