Historische persoon
Valentina Tereshkova
Geslacht: Vrouw
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel in space.
The Vostok 6 mission began from Soviet Central Asia and went on to orbit Earth 48 times.
Tereshkova’s launch showed a woman could perform an orbital spaceflight despite earlier exclusion.
The spacecraft put Tereshkova in Earth orbit for a mission lasting nearly three days.
