Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to orbit the Earth and she did so (1963) only a couple of years after the first human ever to leave this planet (1961), Yuri Gagarin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Sharman « Karinsmiles. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Sharman] Reference
Get the full story on why Tereshkova was picked to go first. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Glass Ceiling] Reference
On June 17, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. From Wordnik.com. [300 Producer and Oscar-winning Screenwriter Adapting Right Stuff, Wrong Sex | /Film] Reference
Tereshkova was named a hero of the Soviet Union and was twice awarded the Order of Lenin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Thiruvananthapuram: A bus from here is all set to embark to Moscow with Stalin, Lenin, Gorbachev, Gagarin and Tereshkova among the passengers. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
On this day in 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Tereshkova returned to Earth after spending nearly three days as the first woman in space and made 48 orbits of the Earth. From Wordnik.com. [Valentina Tereshkova, 1st Woman In Space] Reference
Although she had no pilot training, Tereshkova was an accomplished amateur parachutist and on this basis was accepted for the cosmonaut program when she volunteered in 1961. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Tereshkova was selected for cosmonaut training because she was an accomplished parachutist; she was neither a scientist nor an engineer but for me she is inextricably linked with the excitement generated by the technology of the time. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Sharman] Reference
Note 48: According to Tereshkova (1985), the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), founded in 1945, '... was an expression of the will of the majority of women in many countries of the world to unite in the cause of the struggle against war, oppression, poverty, for freedom, justice and peace'. From Wordnik.com. [Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity] Reference
Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space in 1963, dedicated her award to Russia's space program, while Kaspersky called for improvements to the national education system in order to churn out more talented engineers. From Wordnik.com. [The St. Petersburg Times] Reference
I told him, 'Like Valentina Tereshkova.'. From Wordnik.com. [In a Ruined Country] Reference
Valentina Tereshkova - first woman in space. From Wordnik.com. [Ada Lovelace Day - celebrating women in technology « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector] Reference
Valentina Tereshkova – first woman in space. From Wordnik.com. [2009 March « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector] Reference
Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Valentina Tereshkova, astronaut. From Wordnik.com. [Subject Index Page 79] Reference
Tereshkova, Valentina. From Wordnik.com. [Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity] Reference
Valentina V. Tereshkova. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Sharman. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmonauts Tereshkova and Sharman] Reference
Tereshkova, Boris Volynov, Valeriy Bykovskiy, Yevgeniy Khrunov, Georgiy. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO, BREZHNEV TOUR COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTER] Reference
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