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When Valentina Tereshkova blasted off aboard Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, she became the first woman to rocket into space. It would be 19 years before another woman got a chance--cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya in 1982--followed by American astronaut ...
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Contents
Part I: The Mercury 13. The astronauts who never were -- Part II: Cosmonauts. Valentina Tereshkova : first in space ; Svetlana Savitskaya : no apron for her ; Elena Kondakova : long duration in space ; Yelena Serova : ready and waiting -- Part III...
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