ASTRONAUT

Valentina Tereshkova

1937 - Today

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valentina Tereshkova has received more than 3,996,850 page views. Her biography is available in 105 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Valentina Tereshkova is the 4th most popular astronaut, the 35th most popular biography from Russia and the 2nd most popular Russian Astronaut.

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. She was a Soviet cosmonaut and a textile worker. She was selected to be part of the first all-female group of astronauts in 1963.

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  • 105

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 4 out of 556. Before her are Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins. After her are Gene Cernan, Buzz Aldrin, Pete Conrad, Vladimir Komarov, Alexei Leonov, John Glenn, Gherman Titov, and Alan Shepard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 4. Before her are Saddam Hussein, Anthony Hopkins, and Harald V of Norway. After her are Morgan Freeman, Ridley Scott, Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, and Queen Sonja of Norway.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 35 out of 3,761. Before her are Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander III of Russia (1845), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Yul Brynner (1920), and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906). After her are Georgy Zhukov (1896), David Hilbert (1862), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Alexander II of Russia (1818), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), and Vladimir Nabokov (1899).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In Russia

Among astronauts born in Russia, Valentina Tereshkova ranks 2. Before her are Yuri Gagarin (1934). After her are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Alexei Leonov (1934), Gherman Titov (1935), Svetlana Savitskaya (1948), Valeri Polyakov (1942), Andriyan Nikolayev (1929), Valery Bykovsky (1934), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Valeri Kubasov (1935), and Yury Romanenko (1944).

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