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i think she orbited the earth for 7 days

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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to travel to space as she was selected by the Soviet space program for the Vostok 6 mission in 1963. Her mission was part of the space race between the USA and the USSR, showcasing Soviet space capabilities and advancing the role of women in space exploration.

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11y ago

Primarily, it was to show that women were equally-capable of space travel (being a cosmonaut/astronaut).

Secondarily, by sending a women into orbit before the United States even sent a man into orbit, it was a brilliant piece of showmanship, on behalf of the Soviet Union, to upstage the US.

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12y ago

She went up on 16th June 1993 in Boctok6, pronounced Vostok, she took off from Baikenour Cosmodrome.

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15y ago

As the first woman in space, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth on June 16-18, 1963. She was not involved in the American lunar landings.

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11y ago

She orbited the earth to find out how a female's body would react in space.

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12y ago

April 12th 1961 where he completed a full Earth orbit and spend 1 hour and 48 minutes in Space.

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12y ago

she was in space for 1000 hours

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10y ago

on May 21, 1964

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4y ago

she never landed on the moon but she became the first woman to orbit the earth on June 13, 1963

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