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[[Image:Valentina_Tereshkova.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Tereshkova photographed in 1963]]

[[Image:Valentina_Tereshkova.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Tereshkova photographed in 1963]]

'''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' (b. March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet Airforce Major General  

'''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' (born March 6, 1937), is a retired Soviet Airforce Major General  

and Cosmonaut, and was the first woman to fly in space on board [[Vostok 6]] on June 16, 1963. In October 2000 she received the "Greatest Woman Achiever of the Century" award in [[London]] from the ''International Women of the Year Association''. She remains the only woman in the world to have carried out a solo flight into space for the duration of three days and also has a moon crater and an asteroid named after her. She now heads the Russian Government's Centre for International Scientific and Cultural Co-operation.

and Cosmonaut, and was the first woman to fly in space on board [[Vostok 6]] on June 16, 1963. In October 2000 she received the "Greatest Woman Achiever of the Century" award in [[London]] from the ''International Women of the Year Association''. She remains the only woman in the world to have carried out a solo flight into space for the duration of three days and also has a moon crater and an asteroid named after her. She now heads the Russian Government's Centre for International Scientific and Cultural Co-operation.