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(tĕr′ĕ-shkōvə, tyĭ-ryĭ-), Valentina Vladmirovna Born 1937.
(tĕr′ĕ-shkōvə, tyĭ-ryĭ-), Valentina Vladmirovna Born 1937. Soviet cosmonaut who orbited the earth 48 times aboard Vostok 6 in June 1963, thereby becoming the first woman in space.
Valentina Tereshkovaphotographed in 2005