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Jun 16
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The First Woman In Space

Airship | Noiser | Wondery
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June 16, 1963. After months of rigorous training, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth for just under three days. This episode originally aired in 2022.


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