Valentina Tereshkova

Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayevna-Tereshkova looks over the Apollo Command Module on exhibit in Building 2 during a tour of the Johnson Space Center in 1977 with astronaut Alan Bean. Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space, launching on Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: S77-24869

Date: May 6, 1977

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