Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-14-2013 05:23 PM
NASA video release
Flight Engineer Karen Nyberg recorded a special message to commemorate the 50th anniversary of of the flight of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to have flown in space.
onesmallstep Member
Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
posted 06-14-2013 05:24 PM
Great that Chinese taikonaut Wang Yaping and NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg are now in space to celebrate the anniversary of the flight of Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963.
By coincidence, Nyberg became the 50th woman in space during STS-124.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-18-2013 11:01 AM
Olivier Sanguy, editor of Enjoy Space,interviewed Valentina Tereshkova in 2011 regarding her return from space and the secret she kept about it.
He presents the interview now to mark the 50th anniversary of Tereshkova's flight.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-14-2018 10:17 AM
From Roscosmos on Twitter:
The general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin met with Valentina Tereshkova and congratulated her on the coming 55th anniversary of her flight and becoming the first woman cosmonaut in the world.
Also in attendance were cosmonauts Yelena Kondakova and Yelena Serova.
Mike Dixon Member
Posts: 1397 From: Kew, Victoria, Australia Registered: May 2003
posted 06-15-2018 12:54 AM
A fine ambassador and she has her place in history.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-17-2018 06:51 PM
From Expedition 56 flight engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor on Twitter:
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly in space. In honor of the 55th anniversary of her launch yesterday, we took a photo of a leaf from her tree planted in Baikonur. A tribute to the one who paved the way for female explorers...
posted 06-14-2013 05:23 PM
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