Date of Birth	March 6, 1937 in the Volga River village of Maslennikova, Yaroslavl, Russia.
Childhood / Family	She had one brother and one sister. Her Father died in World War II when she was two. Her mother worked in a textile plant. She didn’t get to start school until she was ten. She married Andrian Nikolayev on Nov 3, 1963. Khruschchev wanted the couple to marry and presided at the party. The couple had one daughter, but the marriage did not last and they divorced.
Education	Light Industry Technical School Zhukovskiy Military Air Academy
Occupation	She was a cosmonaut and scientist.
Military Service / Civilian	Honorary commission in the Soviet Air Force
Space Training / Specialty	She trained for 18 months before becoming chief pilot of the Vostok 6
Contribution to Space Travel	She was the first women launched in space.
Space Missions	At 12:30 p.m. on June 16, 1963, Junior Lieutenant Tereshkova became the first woman launched in space.
Outside Activities	Skilled amateur parachutist
Interesting Fact(s)	Received the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union Awards.
Status	She retired after the crash off Colombia in January 2003
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Links	http://www.spacetoday.org/History/SpaceWomen.html http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/tereshkova_v.htm http://www.ctie.monash.edu/hargrave/tereshkova.html http://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tereshkova.html http://www.astronautix.com/astros/terhkova.htm http://www.who2.com/valentinatereshkova.html http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112188/valentina_tereshkova.htm

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