Valentina Tareshkova went into Earth orbit not long after John Glenn did it and she stayed up there for three days, longer than the aggregate for all previous space flights. That was in 1963 and America didn't try shooting a woman into space until twenty years later with Sally Ride.
Note: don't read any criticism into that since both went into space when it was time and I never did it so my only comment is as a salute to both of them.
NASA did that too.
Valentina Tereshkova from space. (RT: 8 surprising facts about stellar career of Valentina Tereshkova, the 1st woman in space)
© / Sputnik
She was bad ass right from the start.
In her early 20s, she was a regional skydiving champion, and already had 90 jumps under her belt when she was selected ahead of more than four hundred applicants to pilot a spacecraft.
It later emerged that not only did her skydiving experience play a role in her selection, but her working class background and character were also key factors in her being chosen to become the first Soviet woman to be sent into orbit.
- RT
Some of the regulars have taken a few leaps and it's a major thrill but none of us managed ten jumps much less ninety and she was a champion.
Actually, she still is a champion since she's still alive and today is her eightieth birthday.
Hat tip, Ms Tereshkova.
Note: don't read any criticism into that since both went into space when it was time and I never did it so my only comment is as a salute to both of them.
NASA did that too.
Valentina Tereshkova from space. (RT: 8 surprising facts about stellar career of Valentina Tereshkova, the 1st woman in space)
© / Sputnik
She was bad ass right from the start.
In her early 20s, she was a regional skydiving champion, and already had 90 jumps under her belt when she was selected ahead of more than four hundred applicants to pilot a spacecraft.
It later emerged that not only did her skydiving experience play a role in her selection, but her working class background and character were also key factors in her being chosen to become the first Soviet woman to be sent into orbit.
- RT
Some of the regulars have taken a few leaps and it's a major thrill but none of us managed ten jumps much less ninety and she was a champion.
Actually, she still is a champion since she's still alive and today is her eightieth birthday.
Hat tip, Ms Tereshkova.
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