Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space

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Today's Daily Dose short history film covers Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. The filmmaker has included the original voice over script to further assist your understanding:

Today on The Daily Dose, Valentina Tereshkova, The First Woman in Space.

After cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space in 1961, director of cosmonaut training Nikolai Kamanin read in an American media source that female pilots in the U.S. were training to become astronauts. As a result, Kamanin gained approval for an all-female cosmonaut program, which began training in 1963.

Born on March the 6th, 1937, textile worker Valentina Tereshkova had no previous desire to fly in space, however, her love of skydiving made her an excellent candidate for the Soviet Space Program. Training included isolation tests, centrifuge g-force tests, thermo-chamber tests, decompression chamber tests and pilot training in the MiG-15 fighter jets.

On June 16, 1963, Tereshkova reached outer space in her Vostok 6 rocket after a flawless liftoff. Although she experienced nausea and physical discomfort for most of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times in just under of three days, making her the first and only woman to solo in space. As was the protocol in all Vostok missions, Tereshkova ejected from her capsule during its descent at about four miles above the earth, parachuting to ground in Kazakhstan on June 19th, 1963.

After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova stayed on at the Soviet Space Program as an instructor, graduating from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and retiring from the Air Force in 1997, having attained the rank of major general. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tereshkova was elected in 2011 to the national State Duma, much like the American House of Representatives, as a member of the United Russia party, re-elected for a second term in 2016.

And there you have it, Valentina Tereshkova, The First Woman in Space, today on The Daily Dose.

[NoPsychoBabble]

Valentina Tereshkova made 45 revolutions around Earth SOLO and under 3 days!! She orbited Earth every 88 minutes in the spacecraft Vostok VI. Prior to this and her training, she made 125 parachute jumps as a hobby. What a historical woman!

[SoloAlone-er]

She is almost as good as Katy Perry. 😂🎉

[joshjosh]

God bless this actually achieving woman. Little spoken about in the west. They wanna push women to the moon and back But they won't talk about this 1

[HonzaNovak-uwpg]

Today it has become a fun day out for girls.
Evolution of space travel.