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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts) Thu Feb 14, 2013, 09:20 AM Feb 2013

A Happy Valentine's Day to Valentina Tereshkova

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A Happy Valentine's Day to Valentina Tereshkova (Original Post) Xipe Totec Feb 2013 OP

That was great when they sent a woman into space. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #1

Salute! Aristus Feb 2013 #2

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)

1. That was great when they sent a woman into space.

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Thu Feb 14, 2013, 04:24 PM

Feb 2013

When NASA was saying "We can't modify their spacesuits."

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

2. Salute!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Feb 14, 2013, 04:30 PM

Feb 2013

Although she was essentially a passenger on her Vostok 6 flight, so was Yuri Gagarin on his single-orbit mission. Kudos to her and to the Soviet space program for giving her the opportunity.

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