Valentina Tereshkova

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва; IPA: [vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə] ; born 6 March 1937) is a retired Russian cosmonaut and politician. She is the first woman to have flown in space, having been selected from more than four hundred applicants and five finalists to pilot Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She completed 48 orbits of the Earth in her three days in spaceIn order to join the Cosmonaut Corps, Tereshkova was honorarily inducted into the Soviet Air Force and thus she also became the first civilian to fly in space.Before her recruitment as a cosmonaut, Tereshkova was a textile-factory assembly worker and an amateur skydiver. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, she became a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices. She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union and is still regarded as a hero in post-Soviet Russia.In 2013, she offered to go on a one-way trip to Mars if the opportunity arose. At the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was a carrier of the Olympic Flag瓦莲京娜·弗拉基米罗夫娜·捷列什科娃（俄语：Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва；国际音标：[vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə]，1937年3月6日出生）是已退役的俄罗斯宇航员与政治人物。她是人类首位进入太空的女性：1963年6月16日，她从四百余名申请者与五名最终候选人中脱颖而出，担任东方6号（Vostok 6）飞船的驾驶员，在为期三天的太空任务中完成了48次地球轨道环绕。为加入苏联宇航员大队（Cosmonaut Corps），捷列什科娃被荣誉编入苏联空军，因此她也成为了首位进入太空的平民。在被征召为宇航员之前，捷列什科娃曾是一名纺织厂装配工，同时也是一名业余跳伞爱好者。1969年首支女性宇航员小组解散后，她成为苏联共产党的重要成员，先后担任多项政治职务。苏联解体后，她依然活跃于政治领域，在后苏联时代的俄罗斯仍被视作英雄人物。2013年，她表示若有合适契机，愿意参与单程火星任务。在2014年冬季奥林匹克运动会开幕式上，她作为奥林匹克会旗的传递者参与了仪式。