Person
Valentina Tereshkova
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- March 6, 1937 · 89 years
- Origin
- Bolshoye Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast, Soviet Union [now Russia]
Professional Trajectory
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963.
