For the first time since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963, a spacecraft will fly with only women ...

Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6 ... TASS archives preserve truth about WWII — Lavrov While visiting the TASS photo exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the ...

There was nothing in Valentina Tereshkova’s early life that indicated ... experiments on plants and animals on board; took ...

"This is a very important meeting; they have very warm relations. Putin respects Valentina Tereshkova immensely; [he] plans to speak with her tonight," Dmitry Peskov said ST. PETERSBURG ...

These are the words of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to ever go into space. In 1963, at just 26, the Russian cosmonaut made history when she orbited Earth during the Vostok 6 mission.

Out of over 600 people who have traveled to space, only 100 have been women. In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to travel to space. Kellie Gerardi became the 90th woman to launch ...