Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova joined a local flying club and became a talented parachutist while she was working as a factory worker

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Tereshkova and _____________ other women were chosen for the Soviet space programme.

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• four

Tereshkova joined the Soviet Air Force and became the first female pilot after completing her training and passing an examination.

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She travelled into space in Vostok 6 and successfully returned to Earth on 16 June, 1963.

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After the flight, Tereshkova received many awards, and travelled in space again.

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Valentina Tereshkova was born in (a)   in Russia.

She started working when she was (a)   years old.

In (a)   , she was accepted into the Soviet space programme.

At the age of (a)   , she became the first woman to travel into space.

Her flight into space lasted for (a)   days.