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Hello, I'm Leila.
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And today I will tell you about the first woman in space and her adventures.
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The first woman in space was a Russian named Valentina
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Tereshkova, who entered space on June 16, 1963. As the first woman in space,
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Valentina success affected the world in many ways.
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one being her effect on woman,
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she
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made many girls, not just in Russia feel like they can do anything,
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including going to space.
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Valentina chose her off
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was treasurer. Scuba was the first woman in space
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despite her many successes, she wasn't always
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the astronaut she is now famous for.
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Before her father's death,
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he was a truck driver and Valentino's mother worked at a textile factory.
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She was born,
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she was born
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in Mass.
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Lenny Cova in north in the northwest region of Russia in 1917 and 1970 37 on March 6th.
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Her father died in World War Two when she was so when she was young,
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so she was unable to attend school
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Until she was 10 due to being less fortunate
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before her dad
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died, he worked as a truck driver in the town she grew up in
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and Valentines and Valentino's mom worked at a small textile factory
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At a young age.
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She was interested in parachuting and joined the local flying club
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at age 17 while working in the same textile factory.
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Her mother worked at and as an apprentice as
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and as and as an apprentice at the your saliva
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Entire factory
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around age 22.
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In 1959, she took her first flight.
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Then she became
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an
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a Communist and joined the Cosmological Communist League Youth League
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And later joined the Communist Party. In 1961.
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It's
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Valentina decided to follow.
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Um After joining the Communist Party,
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she became an elite flyer but didn't have a strong enough job to sustain her future.
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I found Tina decided to follow her passion and become
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an astronaut.
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After Yuri Garden first man, the first man to orbit the Earth returned
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the soviet. Union wanted the first woman in space to be from Russia.
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Inspired by Yuri Garden.
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Valentina signed up for the mission.
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five other females signed up as well to Giuliani. Tatyana
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cousin Net Sova, Irena Soloviev.
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Soloviev Ova,
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Ziana. Your kina Valentina,
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Ponomariov Ova and Valentina Treasure off.
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She and her fellow astronauts went through months of training like
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including weightless flights over 120 parachute jumps, isolation tests,
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yeah. Refuge tests, tests and jet training
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but only for women past the final examinations. In november.
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And after that
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All four became lieutenants in the Soviet Air Force.
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After many months of Trina Valentina was ready to take flight.
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The original plan
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of the Seagull flight was to have two women.
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Two was to have a two woman mission
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around Earth. However, it was changed into a one woman and one man
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On two flights orbiting earth together.
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Valentino was chosen for the flight out of her two fellow astronauts,
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Irena Sylvia and Valentina poem, marry Ova
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Treasure Shishkova took a bus to the launching site on June 16,
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1963 after watching Vostok five launched with Babak Mansoor
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Cosmodrome on June 14,
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she entered the spacecraft after communications
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check and life support systems check.
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Then, after a two hour countdown, she became the first woman in space.
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Once she left the atmosphere, it became
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the second time a one man spacecraft was in the space at the same time as mother
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as another.
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The radio call sign was to Kika or Siegel.
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This name became
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became known throughout history. Valentino was only 26 years old
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while on the flight while in space,
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she took lots of tests on her body's reaction to its environment
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and collected essential data that would help strengthen many future discoveries.
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Her photos of Earth also helped humans gather information about
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the our soil layers that are inside the atmosphere.
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Her spacecraft orbited earth for a total of two days, 23 hours
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and 12 minutes.
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This was other than Babak, you're cured
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Cosmodrome whose flight lasted five days,
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the second longest flight in all of Russia.
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And it would stay that way for a long time.
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Mhm
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Yes.
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Valentino's journey journey to space impacted millions of people.
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But the seagull flight wasn't the end of her success.
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Mm hmm
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bounty nas home life stayed simple as she married another cause another astronaut,
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Adriana Adrian
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Nico leave
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on november 3rd
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On 1963. They had a daughter and later got divorced.
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She was a part of the USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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From 1961 to 1991,
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She led the Soviet Woman's Committee in 1968.
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And from 1974 to 1991, she served the Supreme Soviet President President.
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She also became
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the deputy chair
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of the parallel moment of yourselves
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And a member of the United Russian Party.
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And three years later was elected into the Duma.
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She isn't.
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She was named a hero of Russia and was two times awarded the Order of Lenin.
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These successes led us into the conclusion of Valentina Komarov
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treasure scuba and her travels.
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Valentina inspired millions from being a powerful woman in her homeland,
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to being the first woman in space for the whole world.
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She helped gather important data for Russia.
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She had the second longest flight in Russian history for a long time,
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but most importantly, she became the first ever woman in space.
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Thank you,
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bye.