page_title: Vostok 6
hierarchical_section_title: Vostok 6
caption_attribution_description: English: “Valentina Tereshkova”. Valentina Tereshkova, pilot-cosmonaut, first female cosmonaut, Hero of the USSR. Pictured as a Major of the Soviet Air Forces. Français&#160;: Valentina Tereshkova, Russian cosmonaute, première femme dans l'espace. Italiano: la cosmonauta sovietica Valentina Tereškova, prima donna nello spazio, eroina dell'URSS. Русский: «Валентина Терешкова». Валентина Терешкова - летчик-космонавт, первая женщина-космонавт Земли, Герой Советского Союза. Россия, Москва.
context_page_description: Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
context_section_description: Vostok 6 (Russian: Восток-6, Orient 6 or East 6) was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
caption: Vostok program
  Crewed flights
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