Space Tourism Signed by V Tereshkova Russian Pilot 1st Woman in space Cosmonaut Personally Signed by First Woman in ...

Space Tourism Signed by V Tereshkova Russian Pilot 1st Woman in space Cosmonaut Personally Signed by First Woman in Space Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova Russian Pilot 1st Woman in space Cosmonaut Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 6 March 1937) engineer, and former cosmonaut. She is the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission. This also made her the first civilian in Space ( she was only honorarily inducted into the USSR's Air Force as a condition on joining the Cosmonaut Corps. Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateur skydiver. She joined the Air Force as part of the Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after completing her training. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space program as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and re-qualified for spaceflight but never went to space again. She retired from the Air Force in 1997 having attained the rank of major general. Internet Certificate of Authenticity & Details enclosed Certified Copy 1 of 50. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99