Valentina Tereshkova First Woman in space 1963
1963, Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space On this day on June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first and youngest (at age 26) woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6. However, she has orbited the earth 48 times. Also spent 2 days,
