What is Valentina Tereshkova?
{{Infobox astronaut | name = Valentina Tereshkova | image = The Soviet Union 1963 CPA 2890 stamp (Second 'Team' Manned Space Flight. Portrait of Valentina Tereshkova).jpg | caption = 1963 [[USSR]] postage stamp depicting Valentina Tereshkova | type = Cosmonaut | nationality = [[Russia]]n | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|03|06}} | birth_place = [[Yaroslavl Oblast]], [[USSR]] | occupation = [[Aviator|Pilot]] | rank = [[Major General]], [[Soviet Air Force]] | selection = [[List of astronauts by selection#1962|Female Group]] | time = 2d 22h 50m | mission = [[Vostok 6]] | insignia = ||birth_name=Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova|native_name_lang=Russian|native_name=Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва}} '''Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova''' ({{lang-ru|Валенти́на Влади́мировна Терешко́ва}}; born 6 March 1937), is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[retire]]d [[astronaut|cosmonaut]]. She was the first woman to fly in [[outer space|space]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Pallab |title=Valentina Tereshkova: USSR was 'worried' about women in space |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34270395 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=13 October 2016 |date=17 September 2015}}</ref> aboard [[Vostok 6]] (one of [[Vostok (rocket)|Vostok rocket]]) on 16 June 1963. She and four others were chosen out of more than 400 other women to fly in space.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hawkins |first=Alexander |title= Valentina Tereshkova |url= https://avauntmagazine.com/valentina-tereshkova |publisher=Avaunt |accessdate=13 October 2016|date=12 July 2016}}</ref> == Political activity == In 2011, she was elected to the State Duma of Russia from the United Russia party on the Yaroslavl regional list. Tereshkova, together with Elena Mizulina, Irina Yarovaya and Andrey Skoch,<ref>[https://www.dp.ru/a/2023/06/07/skoch-andrej-vladimirovich Андрей Владимирович Скоч — депутат Госдумы, меценат и общественный деятель. (dp.ru)]</ref><ref>[https://stories-of-success.ru/armiya-gosu