Labels:text | human face | screenshot | personal protective equipment | helmet OCR: VALENTINA TERESHKOVA VALENTINA VLADIMIROVNA TERESHKOVA is a former Russian cosmonaut who became the first woman in space on June 16, 1963. Her flight aboard Vostok 6 lasted less than 3 days. Once in orbit, she tested her spacecraft's control systems and took photographs of the Earth, the Moon, and stars. She was able to talk by radio to Valeri Bykovsky (1934- ), the pilot of Vostok 5 who had been orbiting the Earth for two days before she arrived. Tereshkova returned on June 19 having orbited the Earth 48 times. It was another 19 years before the next woman cosmonaut flew into space. (1937-) A-Z SEL LIFE NEXT ALSO STORY
