Valentina Tereshkova: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Al Jazeera - Valentina Tereshkova : 50 years of women in space. Aug 13, 2026
Anniversary information added. Mar 02, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Space - The First Woman in Space. Oct 07, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC News - Fifty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became first woman in space. Aug 29, 2025
Add new Web site: NASA - Sally Ride and Valentina Tereshkova: Changing the Course of Human Space Exploration. Jan 30, 2025
Add new Web site: The Guardian - First woman in space recalls mission's teething troubles. Nov 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Independent - The first female cosmonaut: Valentina Tereshkova - The woman who fell to earth. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Valentina Tereshkova : 50 years of women in space. May 22, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Museums Greenwich - Who was the first woman in space? Jun 21, 2023
Article revised and updated. Jun 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Astronautix - Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. Feb 14, 2023
Links added. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: European Space Agency - First woman in space: Valentina. Mar 21, 2022
Noted that she was elected to the Duma. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: SheHeroes - Valentina Tereshkova. Jan 25, 2019
Add new Web site: My Hero - Biography of Valentina Tereshkova. Jan 25, 2019
Media added. Mar 15, 2017
Add new Web site: The StarChild - Biography of Valentina Tereshkova. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: Space.com - Biography of Valentina Tereshkova. Dec 21, 2016
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Valentina Tereshkova. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: New Mexico Museum of Space History - Valentina Tereshkova. Jan 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - Happy Birthday to the World's First Woman in Space. Jan 29, 2013
Video of Valentina Tereshkova added. Sep 04, 2009
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Biography of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova. Apr 09, 2009
Article revised. Nov 10, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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