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Tereshkova

Tereshkova

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A Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman to go into space
  • proper noun
: Valentina Tereshkova
  • On November 19, 1962, Tereshkova was selected for the first flight even though she didn't score highest on her exams.
  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • the first woman
  • the first woman

And he's kind of got the hots for the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.

Examples

  • Forty-nine years ago this Sunday, June 16, the Soviet Union launched Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok 6.

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  • In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first woman to travel into space.

  • Now training to fly in space, Tereshkova was a perfect model for success under Communist rule.

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  • Did you two really expect us to believe that you knew that the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova?

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  • Two days later, on June 16, Tereshkova followed aboard Vostok 6.

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  • It was 19 years before another woman followed in Tereshkova's footsteps.

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  • Tereshkova's widowed mother raised her and her two siblings on wages earned in a cotton mill.

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  • The Soviet Union launched Valentina Tereshkova into the sky aboard Vostok 6, marking a historic moment for female astronauts.

  • Valentina Tereshkova's journey into space inspired countless women to pursue careers in science and exploration.

Synonyms

Valentina Tereshkova
vsTereshkova
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A Soviet cosmonaut who became the first woman to travel into space in 1963

gives the same fact but notes birth year instead of the event year

Surface Forms

Tereshkova main

Etymology

The word Tereshkova is a Russian family name, best known as Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. The ending -ova means 'of' or 'belonging to' and marks a woman from a family, as in Romanova or Ivanova, so Tereshkova literally means a woman 'of' the Tereshkov family and is used as her surname.