| Names |
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA |
| Date of
Birth |
March 06, 1937
– Village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, Yaroslavl Oblast,
in central Russia |
|
Profession / Traits / Activities |
Russian pilot turned
Cosmonaut |
| Special
Achievements / Events |
- She flew into space first on June 16, 1963.
- She was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur
parachutist, before being trained selected as a cosmonaut.
- She became the first woman to fly into space on
the 16th June, 1963.
- She married Andrian Nikolayev, her colleague
cosmonaut, on 3 November 1963 at
the Moscow Wedding Palace. Khrushchev himself presided at
the wedding party, together with top government and space
program leaders.
- he was also the first civilian in space (as she was
inducted into the USSR's Air Force as a condition on joining
the Cosmonaut Corps).
|
| Awards &
Accolades |
- On 5 April 2008, she became a
torchbearer of the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Saint
Petersburg, Russia.
- She was invited to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's
residence for the celebration of her 70th birthday.
- Hero of the Soviet Union award (22 June 1963)
- Order of Honour (10 June 2003) – for
outstanding contribution to the development and
strengthening of international scientific, cultural and
social ties.
- Order of Friendship (April 12, 2011) –
for outstanding contribution to the development of national
manned space flight and long-term fruitful public activity.
- Honorary citizenship in various countries.
|
|
Commemorations |
Various locations,
including in space, and monuments have been named after her.
|
| Other |
Her daughter Elena
Andrianovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova (who is now a doctor) was the
first person to have both a mother and father who had
travelled into space. |
