June 16, 1963

Posted June 18, 2008, 2:10 pm by Growing Bolder


The Soviet Union launches the first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, into orbit aboard Vostok 6. Twenty years later, Sally Ride becomes America's first woman in space.


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