#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/07/2017 #2

Putin, right, carries flowers to congratulate the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, on her 80th birthday in Moscow, Russia, on Monday.

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#3 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/16/2022 #6

In 1963, the world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely. #ValentinaTereshkova

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#4 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/06/2026 #8

In 1937, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a village on the Volga River 270 kilometers (170 miles) northeast of Moscow and part of the Yaroslavl Oblast in central Russia. #ValentinaTereshkova

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