"Fly me to the moon..." In 1963, who became the first woman in space?

Flying a solo mission on the Vostok 6, Cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times. The space cadet had an enthusiasm for skydiving, which brought her to the attention of the Soviet space program.

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