MAJOR GENERAL VALENTINA TERESHKOVA - PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK - HFSID 171971
Price: $750.00
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
4¼x5¾ colorized photo postcard of the Russian cosmonaut
Printed Photograph signed in Ink: "Tereshkova" in Russian. Color, 4¼x5¾ overall, image
3¾x4¾ (one surface). Printed Russian postcard post depicting the first woman in space.
Valentina Tereshkova (b.1937) was the first woman in space. She was aboard the sixth
Soviet mission, Vostok 6, June 16-19, 1963. Tereshkova passed within three miles of
Vostok 5, launched June 14th. She orbited the Earth 48 times in her 70 hour and 50 minute
flight. Not until 1982 did another woman (Svetlana Savitskaya) travel in space. Soviet leader
Nikita Khruschev presided at Tereshkova's marriage to cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev.
Their daughter Elena was the first child born to two space travelers. Tereshkova later served
in the Supreme Soviet and made many goodwill visits abroad. Red ink signature passes
through printed Russian caption beneath image. Fine condition.
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