With Sunita Williams being stranded in space for nearly eight months, it's got many thinking about how female astronauts deal ...

1912-1917 Shackleton tries to cross Antarctica in the ship Endurance. 1963 The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova (USSR). 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the Moon ...

Valentina Tereshkova's pioneering space career began when she was selected from over 400 candidates in 1962 to join the Soviet female cosmonaut corps, influenced by her skills in skydiving which ...

If an AI learns that Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space, it might correctly answer “Who was Valentina Tereshkova?” but struggle with “Who was the first woman in space?” ...

However, through the introduction of a late amendment by the first woman in space - and Duma deputy - Valentina Tereshkova, the aim of the project became "zeroing" Putin's presidential terms, ...

The Netflix K-drama 'When the Stars Gossip' might have you asking questions about space travel, microgravity and what it's like to be an astronaut. Here are some answers.

June 16-19, 1963Valentina Tereshkova: The Soviet cosmonaut was the first woman in space. She spent about 70 hours in the spacecraft Vostok 6, completing 48 Earth orbits. Photograph by Sovfoto/UIG ...

However, through the introduction of a late amendment by the first woman in space – and Duma deputy – Valentina Tereshkova, the aim of the project became “zeroing” Putin’s presidential ...

Even going back to Valentina Tereshkova from The Race For Space, I remember getting that video of a woman in space and thinking: ‘Here we go – finally, we can have a woman’s voice on this ...