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- Valentina Tereshkova - astronomy.
- Valentina Tereshkova - biography.
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Vostok Program - astronomy.
At almost five days in duration, Vostok 5 remains the longest solo space mission ever. Valeri Bykovskii flew alone for 81 orbits and 3 million km (2 million mi) from June14 to June 19, 1963. Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space when she flew aboard Vostok 6 from June 16 to June 19, 1963. On its first orbit, Vostok 6passed within 5 km (3 mi) of Vostok 5. Tereshkova flew on for 2 days 22 hours, covering 1.9 million km (1.2 million mi) in 48 orbits. Soviet engineers planned a Vostok...