(Baonghean.vn) - 54 years ago, on June 16, 1963, Soviet female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in the world to fly into space, making her name in the history of human conquest of space.
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| On June 16, 1963, the Vostok-6 spacecraft carried the world's first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space. She was a Soviet cosmonaut and carried out that glorious mission on a special spacecraft. |
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| Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova talks with legendary Soviet rocket "chief designer" Sergei Korolev before her first flight into space. |
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| Valentina Tereshkova (left) and Valery Bykovsky (right) at the Star Training Center before their tandem flight on June 16, 1963 |
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| Valentina Tereshkova and her companion Valery Bykovsky practice before the historic flight into space. |
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| Tereshkova had to train very hard to prepare for her historic trip into space. |
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| Famous cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova in a radio class. |
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| Valentina Tereshkova minutes before the launch of the Vostok-6 spacecraft. |
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| Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova waves while inside the Vostok-6 spacecraft. |
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| This woman's first space flight lasted 2 days, 22 hours and 41 minutes. Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times. |
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| Tereshkova was not only the first woman in the world to fly into space, but also the only female cosmonaut on Earth to carry out that mission alone. All other female cosmonauts flew into space with other crew members. |
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| Since flying into space, Tereshkova's dream of conquering space has never stopped. She even wants to carry out a mission to fly to Mars. |
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| Having seen all the continents on Earth, Tereshkova dreamed of visiting Australia. Many years later, her dream came true. |
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| After her first flight, Tereshkova never flew into space again. She later became an instructor pilot, an instructor, and received a doctorate in engineering sciences. |
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| For her contributions, Tereshkova was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union medal, the Order of Lenin, the United Nations Peace Medal and the Simba International Women's Movement Prize. |
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| Russian President Vladimir Putin presents flowers to the first woman in space. |
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