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Sunday (June 16) marks the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s landmark 1963 flight, which launched her into history as the first woman to fly to space — only two years after Yuri Gagarin performed the first spaceflight ever in 1961. Tereshkova circled the Earth 48 times during her time as the pilot onboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft.
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Credit: Karl Tate, SPACE.com
Source: space.com