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In June 1963, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space and one of the first people to successfully fly a spacecraft manually (for a short period), before this all manouvers had been controlled from the ground.
Added: 14th Jun 2005 by Diane Earl
Subjects: History
Key Stages: Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+
Keywords:Space, cosmonaut, USSR
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