Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to soar through space, flying solo on Vostok 6. As a Russian cosmonaut, this was her only in-space experience. She has gone on to pursue a career in politics.

With Sunita Williams being stranded in space for nearly eight months, it's got many thinking about how female astronauts deal ...

I want to be an astronaut,'" Moghbeli recalled about her upbringing at Lenox Elementary School in Baldwin. Her book report about cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova lit the spark like the rocket she ...

MOSCOW, June 16. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding the world's first female cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova, the Order of Gagarin, making her the first holder of ...

Imagine that you’re an astronaut preparing to go into space ... The third woman to fly in space overall (after USSR cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya), she earned her ...

That's despite the fact that the first woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova ... of medium-sized spacesuits to fit one of the astronauts. For the last decade, Dr Varsha Jain ...

could have gone into space before Russia’s Valentina Tereshkova made history. Wally hears from astronauts Jessica Meier, Helen Sharman, Eileen Collins and Samantha Cristoforetti; mission control ...