MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Russia’s Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman in space, holder of the Hero of the Soviet Union title, first-ever lady to have been awarded the rank of Major-General ...

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

TASS/. Russia has good prospects of launching more female cosmonauts into space, Hero of the Soviet Union and the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova told reporters at the opening of an ...

Children played with toys and games such as Trolls, Twister and Etch-A-Sketch. Valentina Tereshkova the first woman to go to space in 1963. Download and print this colouring sheet of Lucy ...

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman cosmonaut in 1963 and two years later another cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov, became the first person to perform a space walk. The American space programme ...