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Sanchez described the trip as "profound," adding, "I was up there and you see Earth and then you know it's completely black ... Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo spaceflight in 1963.

I recently read The New York Times Magazine “Extreme Voyages Issue” (March 16, 2025) and marveled at the adventures that ...

Through it, Russia struck deep chords in the minds of Malayalis, its friendship warmed hearts, and its space voyages made the likes of Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin household names.

When Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova spent three days in space, way back in 1963, all alone up there on a solo mission, she was the first woman in space. Since then, over a hundred women ...

The only other all-female crew in human space exploration history was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who launched herself into Space in 1963 and became the first woman to do so ...

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It was the first all-female flight to space since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo mission in 1963. Many commentators criticized the flight as a tone-deaf stunt or a rich person's flex.

He takes us back to the pioneering efforts of the Soviet cosmonauts from Yuri Gagarin to Valentina Tereshkova; the space race between US and the Soviet Union; the American Apollo Mission ...

It was the first fully-lady-mission since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo space flight in 1963. Jeff Bezos, Kerianne Flynn, Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Gayle King ...

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The first woman in space was neither a career astronaut nor a pop star. She was Valentina Tereshkova, a Soviet factory worker and parachutist who became a cosmonaut in 1963. She piloted a solo ...