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Valentina Tereshkova space pioneer Valentina Tereshkova parachuted out of over 125 aircraft before she jumped out of the spacecraft Vostok 6. This unusual hobby led to her selection for cosmonaut training and her achievement of becoming the first woman in space. Tereshkova was born on 6 th March 1937, in western Russia. As a teenager she worked in a textile plant and took up parachuting in her spare time. When Tereshkova was selected for the Soviet space programme in 1962, shebecame the first recruit without experience as a test pilot. Her selection was based on her parachuting skills. Tereshkova was chosen to be the pilot of the Vostok 6 mission. She was given the name Chaika, Russian for “seagull”. The craft lifted off from Tyuratam Launch Centre on 16 th June 1963. It re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on19 th June and Tereshkova parachuted to the ground, landing near Kazakhstan, in central Asia. On 3 rd November 1963, Tereshkova married another cosmonaut. They had a daughter, Elena – the first child born to parents who both went into space
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