One of first Soviet cosmonauts dies in Crimea
RIA Novosti
Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova told Ekho Moskvy radio that Popovich would probably be buried at Moscow's Troyekurovskoe cemetery. ...
Why NASA barred women astronauts
New Scientist
That idea never got very far, and it died completely when the Soviets beat NASA to it, launching Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. Nobody thought that launching ...
Pavel Popovich, Sixth Man in Orbit, Dies at 78
Space.com
"Pavel was a wonderful person," recalled first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova, in an interview with RIA Novosti. "A professional cosmonaut, devoted to ...
Astronauts, Cosmonauts Land In Prague For Planetary Congress
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Valentina Tereshkova's decision to cancel at the last minute was a major letdown for space buffs who had hoped to catch a glimpse of the first woman to ...
Judge Sonia Sotomayor
Mainstream
... of the status of both sexes with the result that the first woman who went into outer space in the world was a woman in the USSR, Valentina Tereshkova. ...
The first and only Soviet First Lady
RT
She was also rumored to have confronted Valentina Tereshkova, the world's first female cosmonaut and one of the women in Soviet Union with a celebrity ...
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