Valentina Tereshkova, the First Woman in Space
But the first woman in space was actually a Soviet cosmonaut who beat out 400 applicants to pilot the Vostok 6 spacecraft in ...
Who Else Has Been Stuck in Space? A Short History of Long Spaceflights
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls ...
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The good and the ugly of space tourism | Data Driven
The flight Katy Perry will be on, NS-31, will be the first all-female crew in space since 1963 when Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space during her solo-flight. The first American ...
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Simple Science: Katy Perry joins all-female space crew
The mission marks a historic moment, as it will be the first all-female space crew since Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo space flight in 1963. The trip will last about 11 minutes ...