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First Women in space
	Valentina Tereshkova at the age of 26 years old became the first woman to travel into space on June 16 on 1963, aboard of Vostok 6. This happened during the Cold War between United States of America against the Sovietic Union. In February 1962, she was selected with other three woman parachutists and a female pilot. This amazing people began intensive training to become cosmonauts.	Valentina Tereshkova is one of the forgotten heroes of the space age. At the first glorified and portrayed as a symbol of the social enlightenment that communism offered, and then left behind in the great era of Sovietic space exploration.  After the historic space fight, Valentina Tereshkova recived the Order of Lenin and Hero of the Sovietic Union Award