First Woman in Space

First Woman in Space Valentina Tereshkova, instructor cosmonaut of the first squad, became the first woman to solo in space on June 16, 1963 The flight's duration Distance from Earth 10NOURS 70.co 50 apogee 231,1M MINUTES perigee 180,9k Landed in the Altai Territory 48 She flew on board the Vostok 6 The spacecraft orbited Earth 48 times spacecraft Tereshkova is the only woman in space holding the title of the Russian Aviation Major General Maximum altitude reached Women's longest by a woman space flight Shannon Lucid was transferred to Russia's Mir 612 km, a record set by Kathryn Sullivan (United States) during a flight by Space Shuttle Discovery orbital station aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis on March 22, 1996, and returned to Earth on September 26 after spending 188 days and 5 hours in orbit RIANOVOSTI © 2012 wwW.RIA.RU .....