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	Valentina Tereshkova - MSN Encarta
		Tereshkova was born to a peasant family in the Yaroslavl’ region of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
		Tereshkova began work at a textile factory when she was 18 years old.
		Tereshkova may have trained for a Voskhod mission that was to include a spacewalk, but the flight never happened, and the female cosmonaut program was disbanded in 1969.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575085/Tereshkova_Valentina.html (705 words)

	Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna (1937-)
		Tereshkova began school at age eight, but withdrew to work in the same factory as her mother at age 16.
		When Tereshkova was selected for the Soviet space program in 1962, she became the first person to be recruited without experience as a test pilot, her selection being based instead on her parachuting skills.
		Tereshkova was assigned to be the pilot of Vostok 6 and given the radio name “Chaika,” Russian for “seagull.” The Vostok craft lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome on Jun. 16, 1963.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/T/Tereshkova.html (335 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova (1937-), Pioneer Cosmonaut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Valentina was interested in parachute jumping from an early age and it was this interest that led to her career.
		Valentina and her fellow female cosmonauts were not truly integrated into the cosmonaut detachment and considered for flight assignments on an equal basis with the 'regular' male cosmonauts.
		Valentina was elected to the presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1974.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/tereshkova.html (1212 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 on the 16th of June 1963.
		Tereshkova was considered a particularly worthy candidate, thanks in part to her "proletarian" background, and also because her father had died as a war hero fighting the Nazis.
		Tereshkova maintained a flight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova (1152 words)

	CBSNews.com
		Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was born in the Yaroslavl region of Russia in 1937.
		Tereshkova became interested in parachute jumping at an early age and it was her expertise in parachute jumping that led to her selection as a cosmonaut.
		Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur parachutist when she was recruited into the cosmonaut program.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/space/astronauts/whois_tereshkova.html (234 words)

	Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Valentina Vladimirovna Nikolayeva Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo, Russia, on March 6, 1937.
		In 1961, she volunteered for a cosmonaut program (a cosmonaut is the Russian form of astronaut) and was accepted because she was an "accomplished amateur parachutist." Before this incident, however, Valentina was a textile worker.
		Valentina was also named a Soviet Union hero and received the Order of Lenin, a prestigious award, twice.
	www.angelfire.com /anime2/100import/tereshkova.html (176 words)

	Tereshkova, Valentina (1937- ): World of Earth Science
		Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
		Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born in the Volga River village of Maslennikovo.
		Tereshkova summarized her views on women and science in her 1970 "Women in Space" article in the American journal Impact of Science on Society: "I believe a woman should always remain a woman and nothing feminine should be alien to her.
	science.enotes.com /earth-science/tereshkova-valentina (816 words)

	Tereshkova
		Tereshkova and Nikolayev are to travel to Algeria on 1 April, and Hungary on 2 April.
		Tereshkova is fighting against her appointment to the Committee of Soviet Women with the requirement for constant tours, appearances, committee sessions, and so on.
		Tereshkova and her daughter arrive at the command point at 14:40 after landing at the airfield at 12:00.
	www.astronautix.com /astros/terhkova.htm (12545 words)

	Tereshkova
		In 1959, Tereshkova made her first parachute jump and in 1961, she was a graduate cotton-spinning technologist.
		Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space on 16 June 1963.
		Tereshkova is the only woman to fly solo in a single seat space-craft.
	colonial_collector.tripod.com /first12cosmonauts/id8.html (186 words)

	woa.tv :: Valentina Tereshkova
		Tereshkova made the finalist round along with four other female comrades who were vying to become the first woman in space.
		Tereshkova may have been the first woman in space, but she wasn’t the first female.
		Tereshkova received a seven-room apartment in a housing structure in downtown Moscow for her space-travel achievement.
	www.woa.tv /articles/ss_tereshkovav.html (1102 words)

	Tereshkova, Valentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Description: Valentina Tereshkova was a Russian cosmonaut who was the first woman to fly in space.
		Valentina was chosen in 1962 and she was launched as part of the crew of Vostok 6 in June 1963.
		Tereshkova made a huge leap forward for women in space flight when she became the first woman to fly in space.
	www.themosh.org /psd2003/flightatoz/showtopic.asp?id=276 (160 words)

	Russian Life magazine: Online Archive
		Valentina was born on March 6, 1937, in the village of Maslennikovo, in the Yaroslavl region.
		Valentina's education began at age 8 and she left to go to work in 1953 at age 16.
		In 1974, Valentina was elected to the presidium of the Supreme Soviet and served as the Soviet Union's representative to the UN Conference for International Women's Year in Mexico City (1975).
	www.rispubs.com /article.cfm?Number=436 (1125 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova Biography (Astronaut) — Infoplease.com
		The flight made Tereshkova a national hero and she was awarded the high honor of the Order of Lenin.
		Her flight was considered a scientific coup for the Soviet Union, which also had the first man (Yuri Gagarin) and the first dog (Laika) in space.
		Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova - Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna, 1937–, Soviet cosmonaut.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/valentinatereshkova.html (262 words)

	Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova: First Woman in Space - EnchantedLearning.com
		Colonel-Engineer Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (March 6, 1937-) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman in space.
		Valentina Tereshkova was given the title "Hero of the Soviet Union," received the Order of Lenin, and was honored with the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace.
		Tereshkova had been an expert in parachuting and a factory worker before she wrote to the Soviet space program, volunteering her service.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/page/t/tereshkova.shtml (316 words)

	Gale - Free Resources - Women's History - Biographies - Valentina Tereshkova (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, orbiting the earth 48 times in Vostok VI in 1963.
		Valentina Vladimirovna "Valya" Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in the Volga River village of Maslennikovo.
		Her mother Elena Fyodorovna Tereshkova, a worker at the Krasny Perekop cotton mill, singlehandedly raised Valentina, her brother Vladimir and her sister Ludmilla in economically trying conditions; assisting her mother, Valentina was not able to begin school until she was ten.
	www.gale.com /free_resources/whm/bio/tereshkova_v.htm (1029 words)

	women in history: valentina tereshkova
		Valentina Tereshkova, born in 1937, was the first woman in space.
		Valentina was a great believer in the communist system and joined the young communists leagues at the factory.
		Valentina was at work with her mother and sister when Yuri Gagarin, the first ever astronaut, went into space.
	www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com /articles/valentina_tereshkova.htm (571 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova
		Valentina Tereshkova was honored with the title of Hero of the Soviet Union!
		Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937.
		Valentina started school in 1945 when she was eight years old.
	starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov /docs/StarChild/whos_who_level1/tereshkova.html (221 words)

	Making the Modern World - Valentina Tereshkova
		Tereshkova left school aged 16 to begin work in a textile plant.
		During this time, she parachuted as a hobby and her parachuting skills were a major factor in her selection as a cosmonaut.
		Their daughter, born a year later, was the subject of considerable medical interest because she was the first child born to parents who had both been exposed to space travel.
	www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk /people/BG.0208 (205 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (; born March 6, 1937), Soviet cosmonaut, flew on Vostok 6 in 1963 to become the first woman in space.
		She was born in Maslennikovo, a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast.
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	valentina-tereshkova.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (344 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 16 \| 1963: Soviets launch first woman into space
		Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was the fifth Russian cosmonaut to go into the Earth's orbit when her spaceship Vostok VI was launched at 1230 Moscow time.
		By 2000 BST Ms Tereshkova had completed 23 circuits of the globe - one more than the longest-flying US spaceman, Gordon Cooper - at a distance of between 114 miles (183km) and 145 miles (232km) with an average 88.3 minutes for each orbit.
		Ms Tereshkova was feted by the Soviet leadership and became active in the Communist Party.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/16/newsid_2685000/2685283.stm (461 words)

	Tereshkova
		Valentina Tereshkova (te-ruhsh-koh`-vuh) is a Russian who became the first woman to fly in space in 1963.
		She was a textile worker and amateur parachute jumper when she was selected to be in the Soviet Union cosmonaut program in 1962.
		This event was of medical interest because Valentina and Adrian had both been exposed to space.
	library.thinkquest.org /4034/tereshkova.html (176 words)

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		Born in 1937, Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, a Soviet cosmonaut, was the first woman to orbit the earth.
		Tereshkova, three other parachutists, and one female pilot all trained to be cosmonauts, but Tereshkova was the only one of the group to go into space.
		Tereshkova received the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union awards for her historic flight
	www.lycoming.edu /whatsnew/Symposium/Valentina.htm (227 words)

	A Down-to-Earth Highflier
		When Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to shoot into space in 1963, clumsy, sexist accounts of her feat ushered in the new Soviet era.
		Tereshkova, whose nom de space was Seagull, wore "spiked heels" as well as "powder and lipstick," reporters reassured themselves and their readers.
		Valentina Tereshkova, left, at a dinner in her honor, with host Esther Coopersmith.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/23/AR2006032301691.html (649 words)

	Tereshkova \| First Cosmonauts \| VideoCosmos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ceremony of meeting of pilot "Vostok-6" Tereshkova V.V. in Prague.
		Tereshkova V.V. and Nikolaev A.G. with relatives and friends.
		First secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist party of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov, "Vostok-6" pilot Tereshkova V.V., representative of the Government of Bulgaria, "Vostok-5" pilot Bykovskiy V.F. at the Mausoleum of Georgiy Dimitrov during parade.
	www.videocosmos.com /first_cosmonauts/tereshkova.shtm (149 words)

	History's Women
		Born on March 6, l937 in a small town in Western Russia, Valentina was one of three children raised by a young Russian widow.
		Valentina enrolled in the Zhukovskiy Military Air Academy in 1964 and graduated with honors in 1969.
		Valentina became very active within the Soviet communist party, and served as presidium of the Supreme Soviet in 1974.
	www.historyswomen.com /1stWomen/Tereshkova.html (836 words)

	Valentina Tereshkova at Universe Guide
		Valentina's marriage didn't last, she divorced about ten years later.
		The American's reluctance to send a woman into space upset many feminists, it was not until 1983 that America sent their first woman into space as part of a space shuttle mission.
		Valentina only went up into space once but that event was enough to secure her place in history.
	www.universeguide.com /Tereshkova.php?expand=True (400 words)

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