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“Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the windows. I'm trying to memorize, fix all the feelings, the peculiarities of this descending, to tell those, who will be conquering space after me.”

Quote by Valentina Tereshkova

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Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Tereshkova, born on March 6, 1937, is a renowned Soviet cosmonaut and the first woman to travel to space. Her historic flight in 1963, where she was the sole occupant of the spacecraft, made her a global icon and opened doors for female astronauts worldwide. more

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