What is Valentina Tereshkova's middle name?
Vladimirovna
What is Valentina Tereshkova's full name?
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
Valentina Tereshkova nickname(s):
Âàëåíòè́íà Âëàäè́ìèðîâíà Òåðåøêî́âà
Valentina Tereshkova date of birth:
March 6, 1937
How old is Valentina Tereshkova?
87
Where was Valentina Tereshkova born?
village Maslennikovo, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
Valentina Tereshkova body shape:
Average
What color are Valentina Tereshkova's eyes?
Blue
What color is Valentina Tereshkova's hair?
Dyed Brown
Is Valentina Tereshkova gay or straight?
Straight
What is Valentina Tereshkova's ethnicity?
White
What is Valentina Tereshkova nationality?
Belarusian
Where did Valentina Tereshkova go to university?
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Russia
What is Valentina Tereshkova's occupation?
Soviet cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova claim to fame:
The world's first woman astronaut
Valentina Tereshkova family:
Elena Andrianovna Nikolaeva-Tereshkova (daughter)
Short Biography
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born 6 March 1937) is a Russian former cosmonaut. She was the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. In order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space.