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                                           Valentina Tereshkova

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                                           Valentina Tereshkova

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He was born in the town of Bolshoye Máslennikovo in central Russia on March 6, 1937.
At an early age he became interested in skydiving, training at the local Aeroclub. She made her first jump at age 22 on May 21, 1959, while still a textile worker. It was her skydiving experience that led to her selection as a cosmonaut.

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Valentina Tereshkova always had a wish that she could never fulfill: driving a locomotive.

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Tereshkova was the first civilian person to fly into space, though she was honorably admitted to the Soviet Air Force to join the Cosmonaut Corps.
In 1961 Sergey Koroliov, the chief engineer in the rocket area, had the idea of ​​making a flight taking a woman into space. On February 16, 1962, Valentina Tereshkova was selected to join the female body of cosmonauts. Of the more than four hundred candidates.
Tereshkova was originally intended to travel first on flight Vostok 5 while Ponomaryova would follow her into orbit on Vostok 6. However, this flight plan was altered in March 1963. Vostok 5 would now carry a male cosmonaut, Valeri Bykovski performing the mission in conjunction with a cosmonaut aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963. Tereshkova was appointed by the State Space Commission to pilot Vostok 6 at its meeting on May 21 and this was confirmed by Nikita Khrushchev.
After the successful launch of Vostok 5 on June 14, Tereshkova began final preparations for her own flight.

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The Tereshkova Lunar Crater is named after him.

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- Friendship Order (April 12, 2011) for his outstanding contribution to the development of national manned space flight and its public activity.
- State Prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of humanitarian action in 2008 (June 4, 2009).

Certificates of appreciation from the Government of the Russian Federation:
- June 16, 2008, for long-term fruitful and public activity, a considerable personal contribution to the development of space flight manned and in connection with the 45th anniversary of space flight.
- June 12, 2003, for his great contribution to the development of manned space flight.
- March 3, 1997, for the contribution to the development of the space, the strengthening of international scientific and cultural ties and the years of diligent work.
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- Honorable Teacher of Sports (June 19, 1963)
- Hero of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1963)
- Order of the October Revolution (December 1, 1971)
- Order of the Red Flag of Labor (March 5, 1987), for social activities
- Peoples' Friendship Order
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union