On June 19, 1963, two Soviet spacecraft named Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 returned to Earth, ending a historic joint mission. Vostok 6 was carrying cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman ...

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who 50 years ago this Sunday launched aboard the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission, set a world record by becoming the first woman in space. But her gender wasn't the ...

The Soviet/Russian space program achieved numerous "firsts" in human spaceflight, including the first human in space (Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1), the first spacewalk (Alexei Leonov, Voskhod 2), and the ...

S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia staff and management congratulate you on the fortieth anniversary of the space flight of the first woman in space. The three-day mission, which you ...

On April 14, 2025, six women aboard Blue Origin Flight NS-31 made history as the first all-female crew to fly to the edge of space since Valentina Tereshkova's solo 1963 flight on Vostok 6. The rocket ...

"... My attention was attracted by a small ad at the Weaving Factory Number 2. The young men and women [of the factory] were invited to attend the shooting, radio ...

The history of space exploration is filled with pioneering figures, but few are as iconic as Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Her historic flight on June 16, 1963, was a monumental ...

1911: IBM has its beginnings as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co., incorporated in New York state. 1963: The world's first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, is launched into orbit ...

The Vostok 2022 strategic command and staff drills are running on September 1-7 under the command of Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov to practice defensive and offensive operations ...