Women of Space

The first woman to fly in space, Tereshkova orbited the earth 48 times in the Soviet craft, Vostok 6. For three days, she maintained a flight log, took photographs and manually oriented the spacecraft.

Women of Space

On June 18th, 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman to reach outer space. 25 years later, 40 women have traveled into orbit.

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