It’s because of women like her that we can (Image: Pleiades by NASA/ESA/AURA/Caltech, Valentina silhouette by Openclipart.org , Vostok 1 rendering by Bisbos) Two days ago (March 6th) it was the ...

FILE - This undated file photo shows the first woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. Tereshkova marks the 50th anniversary of her historic flight. President Vladimir Putin praised her ...

A new exhibition in London celebrates the life of the world's first woman to fly into space, from her days as a factory worker through her 1963 flight into Earth orbit to her continuing role as a ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia on Monday honored the world's first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, who recalled tense moments of her pioneering mission on her 80th birthday. Soviet officials at the time ...

MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Russia’s Valentina Tereshkova - the first woman in space, holder of the Hero of the Soviet Union title, first-ever lady to have been awarded the rank of Major-General, holder ...

In America, we often hail Sally Ride as the first female astronaut. But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...

MOSCOW – Russia is honoring the world's first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, on her 80th birthday. President Vladimir Putin hosted Tereshkova at the Kremlin on Monday, praising her as "a role ...