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The Guardian Interviews Valentina Tereshkova, the First Woman In Space (theguardian.com)
Oxygen99 writes: The Guardian published an interview today with the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, ahead of her forthcoming exhibition at the London Science Museum. An interesting and informal chat with perhaps the most visible and famous living face of the Soviet space program. Here's an excerpt from the interview: "Over 50 years ago, in 1963, Tereshkova became the first woman to go into space, and it was her parachuting experience that qualified her for selection. She was only 26 when she made her one and only space flight, but that feat has defined the rest of her life. It propelled her into the upper reaches of the Soviet elite, and gave her security for life. That elevation though came at a life-long cost: a treadmill of obligations that has lasted more than half a century. Public speaking, accepting honors, roving the world as a citizen-diplomat, being a very visible part of Soviet, and now Russian, public life, are roles that she continues to fulfill to this day. Hence her visit to London for the opening of a display of artifacts linked to her cosmonaut's life. It is one of a series of UK-Russia collaborations, following the hugely successful Russian space exhibition at the museum last year."
The first woman in space didn't come backu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sgc1I9sjfc
This is woman that Kerbal Space Program's "Valentina Kerman" is named after.
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As if the author believe her "achievement" was really hers, instead of engineered by the Soviet Communist war and abuse machine.
She's an unrepentant commie, knowingly used by Soviet propaganda, and unashamedly so. She still support the authoritarian regime headed by the criminal Putin, and she's proud of it. This is not a baseless accusation. RTFA.
Why do we have to glorify this tool?
Celebrate Womyn or die!
Fork you!
As the author seems to think this person's genitalia is so important, maybe they could describe them in more detail ?
Details of those vital secondary sexual characteristics would also fit in with their angle on the story.
FFS.
Captcha: "tongue" :-D
Russia had the first craft in orbit. The first man in space. The first to have landers on other planets. And they had the first woman in space, and whenever someone pays tribute and attention to it, you just gotta troll the whole thread and find ways of diminishing Russias victory in the space race. Get over it.
"That elevation though came at a life-long cost: a treadmill of obligations that has lasted more than half a century. Public speaking, accepting honors, roving the world as a citizen-diplomat, being a very visible part of Soviet, and now Russian, public life, are roles that she continues to fulfill to this day."
How has she managed to survive this burden for this incredibly long time?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
What percentage of the Soviet space program's staff were female? In other words, how many women were responsible for putting this woman into space? Could an ALL female space program work? Of course not, and everybody knows it.
More Bolshevik propaganda from Climatedot. Sickening.
Tereshkova had no training as a pilot prior to becoming a cosmonaut. However, as a young woman she did have a hobby as a skydiver, which made her an accomplished parachutist. This was an important consideration because cosmonauts at the time had to eject and parachute down a few seconds before the capsule "landed" on dry land.
Tereshkova's other important credential was that she was an avid member of the Communist Party
A long-held secret was that Tereshkova was in danger during the flight. An engineer got the calculations wrong and the thing started drifting away from earth, one orbit at a time. Mission control made corrections and she was able to land safely in the region near Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
Upon landing, Tereshkova was found by local villagers and immediately offered dinner, which she accepted
She married another cosmonaut (they divorced)
She never went to space again but in 2014 said she'd be happy to go if they needed a volunteer for the one-way Mars expedition.
Interesting that this story follows closely an article about Ivanka Trump taking a "coding class".
Talk about winning the lottery.
You are welcome on my lawn.
but try to embarrass the Amerikanskis? This woman is a Soviet fossil.
...being an astronaut. We know monkeys and dogs made it first right? So anyone can do it, even a woman. Pass on, nothing to see here.
He's a SOVIET, former KGB, and is IN power. With his connections, she would assume room temperature if she went against him...as some people have with him in control. Plus, he would and is trying to put the soviet union back together, and, she grew up in the communist system and probably longs for those days. Until that age (30's to 90) is gone, the threat of a return to a "soviet union" will remain.
What about theVMS?