'''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' (; born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet cosmonaut and was the first woman to fly in space, aboard Vostok 6 in 1963.

She was born in Bolshoye Maslennikovo, a small village in the Yaroslavl Oblast. After school she worked in a tire factory, and then studied engineering. She also trained in parachuting at the local Ae...(continue reading)