Valentina Tereshkova. Astronuat Sally Ride – Image Credit NASA Fifty years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, a flight undertaken for the propaganda purpose of illustrating the equality of women in the USSR. Valentina Tereshkova First Woman in Space – Image Credit RSC Energia Due to the political and social attitudes of the time, it would be another 20 years before the first US female astronaut, Dr. Sally Ride, would fly on the Space Shuttle. Unlike Tereshkova’s one off-flight, though, Dr Ride was the vanguard of a wave of female astronauts, not only from the United States, who would participate in space activities on the same footing as their male colleagues-as Mission Specialists, Pilots, Shuttle Commanders and Commanders of the International Space Station.
The presentation is free with Museum entry. Further information at SpaceKate: The time we took on Unilever – and won! Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; IPA: [valʲenˈtʲina vlaˈdʲimʲirovna tʲerʲeʂˈkova] ( ); born 6 March 1937) is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and engineer, and the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was only honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space.[1] Before her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile factory assembly worker and an amateur skydiver. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, she became a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices.
She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union and is still referred as a heroine in post-Soviet Russia. Early life[edit] Education[edit] Personal life[edit] Private life of woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova - All Russia. Valentina Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) – Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to have flown in space On the marriage of the first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova not much was known. Exactly fourty years ago, she became the wife of no less legendary than herself, astronaut – Andrian Nikolayev. They lived together for so long – eighteen years.
Their marriage is shrouded in mystery to this day. It was her friend Tatiana Morozycheva who had to fly into space. But the medical board found unexpectedly that Tanya was pregnant. Valentina Tereshkova in her youth When 26-year-old Valentina after the flight landed safely, many resentment and envy gave way to pity. Valentina Tereshkova From space, “The Seagull” has returned a different woman. Everyone who knew her, said that “from there Tereshkova returned another woman. She changed, she could not be herself. November 3, 1963 – Tereshkova surprised many, getting married to cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev Divorce of star pair shook many.
Svetlana Savitskaya - Second woman in space. Svetlana Savitskaïa. Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Svetlana Evguenievna Savitskaïa (en russe : Светлана Евгеньевна Савицкая) est une cosmonaute soviétique[1], née le 8 août 1948. Biographie[modifier | modifier le code] Svetlana Savitskaya est née dans un milieu privilégié de la société soviétique.
Son père, Yevgeny Savitsky est un pilote de chasse décoré durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, qui a été promu par la suite au rang de commandant suprême adjoint de la défense aérienne soviétique. À l'insu de ses parents Savitskaïa commence à l'âge de 16 ans à faire du parachutisme. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme en 1966, elle s'inscrit à l'Institut d'Aviation de Moscou (MAI), où elle prend également des leçons de vol. En 1969, elle intègre l'équipe nationale soviétique de voltige aérienne. Vols spatiaux réalisés[modifier | modifier le code] 19 août 1982, Soyouz T-7 : elle devient la deuxième femme à aller dans l'espace, 19 ans après Valentina Terechkova. Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code] Valentina Tereshkova: The Greta Garbo of space. I follow the factory boss up endless staircases and down long corridors.
As the light filters through grimy windows and bounces off green paint, I feel trapped in a vast aquarium, or rather a tank of aspic. Here is an impeccably preserved piece of the Soviet Union, right down to the browbeaten babushkas listlessly sweeping the floors and the hammers and sickles decorating the walls. We stop by a metal loom, gathering dust. Pyotr Shelkoshwein, director of the Krasniy Perekop textile plant, strokes the machine reverentially "This", he says, "is where Tereshkova worked. " Shelkoshwein joined the factory in Yaroslavl, 150 miles north-east of Moscow, at the same time as Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first woman to be sent into space.
He remembers her organising picnics for members of the Communist Youth League and spending her free time jumping out of aeroplanes. Tereshkova, third parachutist from left, displayed an early enthusiasm for flight Continue reading the main story “Start Quote. Famous Women in History: Valentina Tereshkova (March 6, 1937) Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the very first woman in space, and the first civilian in space. She was chosen from a pool of more than 400 applicants, who were then reduced down to 5 finalists. The Mission On June 16, 1963, she successfully piloted Vostok 6 into space for a 3 day mission.
Her goal was to perform tests on her body and mental state in order to document the reaction to spaceflight on the female body. Her Civilian Life Before she was recruited and selected as a cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova was a worker in a textile factory, and an amateur parachutist. Her Life after Being the First Woman in Space The first group of female cosmonauts were disassembled in 1969.
Tereshkova's role as the first woman in space makes her one of the most famous women in history. Mujer cosmonauta Valentina Tereshkova | Foto. 03f Valentina Tereshkova | Voices from Russia. TERESHKOVA Valentina.