The first woman to travel in space was Valentine Vladimirona Tereshkova. She called out, “Hey sky, take off your hat. I’m on my way!” as the craft took off.
A retired Russian cosmonaut, engineer, and politician, Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937. Her father was killed while fighting in World War 2; Tereshkova was only two-years-old then. She joined school, when she was 10-years-old. To support her family financially, Tereshkova dropout from school and started working in the textile mill in her teenage in 1954.
But indomitable Tereshkova continued her education through correspondence courses, and learned parachute jumping in her spare time.
Her love and dedication towards parachute jumping finally led her to become first women cosmonaut. On June 16, 1963 Tereshkova board on the Vostok, spaceship and become the first woman to travel to space. After spending 70.8 hours in space she returned.
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Subsequently, Tereshkova was bestowed with many prestigious awards including the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Soviet Union awards.
Tereshkova never travelled space again and she remained lone female cosmonaut till 1980s.
