I am selling my signedValentina Tereshkova4x6 photograph.
Tereshkovais an engineer, member of the RussianState Duma, and former Sovietcosmonaut. She is known for being the first and youngestwoman in space, having flown a solo mission on theVostok 6on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.
Before her selection for theSoviet space program, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateurskydiver. She joined theAir Forceas part of the Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after completing her training. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space program as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from theZhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academyand re-qualified for spaceflight but never went to space again. She retired from the Air Force in 1997 having attained the rank ofmajor general.
Tereshkova was a prominent member of theCommunist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices including being a member of thePresidium of the Supreme Sovietfrom 1974 to 1989. She remained politically active following thecollapse of the Soviet Unionbut twice lost elections to the national State Duma in 1995 and 2003. Tereshkova was later elected in 2008 to herregional parliament, theYaroslavl Oblast Duma. In 2011, she was elected to the national State Duma as a member of theUnited Russiaparty and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021.
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