Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Tereshkova

By Abby MuroBy Abby Muro

VALENTINA TERESHKOVAVALENTINA TERESHKOVA

• Born march 6, 1937 to Present. Born march 6, 1937 to Present.

LIFE OF EXPLORERLIFE OF EXPLORER

• She was born on march 6, 1937 and She was born on march 6, 1937 and she’s still alive! She was born at she’s still alive! She was born at Yaroslavl region of Russia. She Yaroslavl region of Russia. She started school when she was a baby started school when she was a baby and her mom didn’t have that much and her mom didn’t have that much money to afford going to school.money to afford going to school.

Who sent the explorerWho sent the explorer

• She was sent from Russia her She was sent from Russia her country. By people in NASA.country. By people in NASA.

Where & when the Where & when the exploration took placeexploration took place

• She started her mission on She started her mission on june16,1963-june19,1963. The june16,1963-june19,1963. The station was in Baikonur Cosmodrome station was in Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trip ended in in Kazakhstan. The trip ended in Pavinskiy collective farm west of Pavinskiy collective farm west of Bayevo.Bayevo.

What the explorer didWhat the explorer did

• Valentina Tereshkova was the first Valentina Tereshkova was the first women in space also to travel around women in space also to travel around the world 48 times! Plus she's a the world 48 times! Plus she's a spokes men now that she's done spokes men now that she's done traveling in space.traveling in space.

Importance of the Importance of the explorationexploration

• First my explorer went in space and First my explorer went in space and at the time she was the first women at the time she was the first women in space because only men went in in space because only men went in space, till she came along for the space, till she came along for the journey. journey.

Map of the exploration routeMap of the exploration route

Picture of earth from space that she took when traveling around the earth 48 times.