Other achievements of Russian space program include : the first photo of the far side of the Moon; exploration of Venus; the first spacewalk by Alexey Leonov; first female spaceflight by Valentina Tereshkova.
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In 1982, Savitskaya flew to space as part of the Soyuz T-7 mission, alongside Leonid Popov and Aleksandr Serebrov, becoming the second woman to fly to space, some 19 years after Valentina Tereshkova.
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Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to fly in space, is running as a member of the Our Home is Russia party, led by Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, the ITAR-Tass news agency said Saturday.
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Previously, only three female cosmonauts : Valentina Tereshkova ( 1963 ), Svetlana Savitskaya ( 1982, 1984 ) and Yelena Kondakova ( 1994, 1997 ) representing former Soviet Union and Russia have flown into space.
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It may seem strange that whatever giant leaps women have made in earthbound commerce and industry in the 33 years since Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman cosmonaut, space has remained the domain of men.
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Those who have lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome include Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space; and Alexei Leonov, first spacewalker and commander of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz docking mission.
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On October 25, 2013 with his song 3 Peace3 he became one of the winners of the 3 Chaika3 Global Internet Competition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova space flight.
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Russian space officials on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the world's first space flight by a woman, Valentina Tereshkova, by presenting nine new candidates for space missions _ the first such recruitment in half a decade.
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They also contributed vocals to the track Valentina, a tribute to Valentina Tereshkova-the first woman and the first civilian into space-on " The Race For Space ", the second album by Public Service Broadcasting ( band ).
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Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space; Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space; and Alexei Leonov, first spacewalker and commander of the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz docking mission-- all lifted off from this isolated launch pad in Central Asia.
