# Valentina Tereshkova (1963)

URL: https://history-russia.com/timeline/1963-valentina-tereshkova
Categories: main-event

Valentina Tereshkova flew Vostok 6 for almost three days in June 1963, the first woman in space. In August the USSR, US and UK signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty. No other woman flew in space until 1982. Tereshkova's flight was another Soviet space milestone.

## Why it matters
Tereshkova's flight was another Soviet space milestone.

Ruler at the time: [Nikita Khrushchev](https://history-russia.com/rulers/nikita-khrushchev)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Valentina Tereshkova](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Tereshkova)
- [Wikipedia — Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty)
- [Wikipedia — Khrushchev thaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khrushchev_thaw)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Valentina Tereshkova](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Valentina+Tereshkova)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of Russian history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history)