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  • 1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

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    1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

    1963: Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space

    On this day the first woman in history, Valentina Tereshkova of Russian nationality, was launched into sp ...

    On this day the first woman in history, Valentina Tereshkova of Russian nationality, was launched into space. The Soviets selected her among more than 400 candidates, for which the imposed requirement ...

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  • 2012: Liu Yang: The First Chinese Woman in Space

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    2012: Liu Yang: The First Chinese Woman in Space

    2012: Liu Yang: The First Chinese Woman in Space

    On this day in 2012, the first Chinese woman, Liu Yang, was launched into space. She was a part of the Sh ...

    On this day in 2012, the first Chinese woman, Liu Yang, was launched into space. She was a part of the Shenzhou 9 crew, the fourth Chinese manned spacecraft flight. It is particularly interesting that ...

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  • 1969: Highest Speed Record in History

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    1969: Highest Speed Record in History

    1969: Highest Speed Record in History

    Apollo 10 attained a speed of up to 39,897 km/h. To date, it remains the absolute speed record set by a m ...

    Apollo 10 attained a speed of up to 39,897 km/h. To date, it remains the absolute speed record set by a manned vehicle. On this day in 1969, human beings achieved the highest speed in recorded history ...

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  • 1968: Death of Yuri Gagarin

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    1968: Death of Yuri Gagarin

    1968: Death of Yuri Gagarin

    On this day in 1968 Soviet astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Yuri Gagarin was killed in an accident. He was famous ...

    On this day in 1968 Soviet astronaut (“cosmonaut”) Yuri Gagarin was killed in an accident. He was famous for being the first man launched into space (12 April 1961). Gagarin reached the rank of colone ...

    March 27, 2020
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  • 1965: What did the First Human Spacewalk Look Like

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    1965: What did the First Human Spacewalk Look Like

    1965: What did the First Human Spacewalk Look Like

    On this day, for the first time in the history of mankind, an astronaut conducted a spacewalk, i.e. left ...

    On this day, for the first time in the history of mankind, an astronaut conducted a spacewalk, i.e. left the spacecraft and stayed there wearing only a space suit. This historic walk was made by the S ...

    March 18, 2020
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  • 1934: Who was the First Jew in Space?

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    1934: Who was the First Jew in Space?

    1934: Who was the First Jew in Space?

    This day marked the birth of the first astronaut of Jewish descent who was launched into space. His name ...

    This day marked the birth of the first astronaut of Jewish descent who was launched into space. His name was Boris Volynov and was a Soviet astronaut – more precisely cosmonaut (as the Soviets called ...

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