| 21. | Valentina Tereshkova was the first female in space to become a mother ( after her flight ).
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| 22. | In fact, Tereshkova lifted off 16 June-one day past her craft's expiration date.
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| 23. | The following year, Valentina Tereshkova, an amateur Russian parachute jumper became the first woman in space.
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| 24. | Before her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur skydiver.
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| 25. | Tereshkova's backup was Irina Solovyova, with Valentina Ponomaryova in a supporting'second backup'role.
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| 26. | Tereshkova also recalled her tough landing : " My nose suffered _ I had a good bruise ."
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| 27. | Tereshkova asked that the government search for, and publish, the location where her father was killed in action.
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| 28. | After watching the successful launch of Vostok 5 on 14 June, Tereshkova began final preparations for her own flight.
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| 29. | After a two-hour countdown, Vostok 6 launched faultlessly, and Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
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| 30. | On November 3, 1963, Tereshkova married fellow cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev, who had previously flown on Vostok 3.
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