ON THIS DAY IN SPACE! JUNE 16, 1963: VALENTINA TERESHKOVA BECOMES 1ST WOMAN IN SPACE
On June 16, 1963, Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space….
Tereshkova, a cosmonaut with then-Soviet Russia, launched into space on the Vostok 6 mission and orbited Earth 48 times in 70.8 hours. That’s nearly three days alone in space!
Source: Space.com