About Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a Russian engineer, politician, and former Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, is the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and is the last surviving Vostok programme cosmonaut. Twenty-six years old at the time of her spaceflight, she remains the youngest woman to orbit Earth.
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Awards & Honors
Order of Duke Branimir
Hero of the Soviet Union
Order of Lenin
honorary degree
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Sukhbaatar
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Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Hero of Socialist Labour of Czechoslovakia
Order of Karl Marx
Order of the October Revolution
Order of Friendship
Order of the Star of Jordan
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Order of the Sun of Peru
Order of the Nile
Scientific Merit Order
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Star of the Republic of Indonesia
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Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Order of Klement Gottwald
Order of the Yugoslav Flag
Hero of Labour
Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic
Order of the Volta
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
Hero of Socialist Labour of Bulgaria
Order of Ana Betancourt
Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Order of Tri Shakti Patta
VDNKh gold medal
Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Order of Playa Girón
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
Yuri A. Gagarin Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of space activities
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 2nd class
Medal "For Impeccable Service", 3rd class
Order of the Star of Ethiopia
Order of Honour
Order of Bernardo O'Higgins
Commendation of the Government of Russia
Order of Gagarin
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Stolypin Medal, 2nd class
Honorary citizen of Vitebsk
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International Space Hall of Fame
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
Order of the Cross of Grunwald, 1st class
Order of Culture
Medal to Participant in Military Operations in Syria
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