Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, a pilot-cosmonaut and a Hero of the Soviet Union, on a ski trip. 11.12.1964#16350
Soviet cosmonauts Konstantin Feoktistov, Vladimir Komarov, Boris Yegorov and members of the USSR government stand atop the Lenin Mausoleum during a welcome ceremony for the Voskhod space crew on Moscow's Red Square.19.10.1964#677917
Pilots-Cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev and Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova with young Moscow residents at meeting of Soviet youth's solidarity with young people struggling for national liberation. 24.09.1964#15545
Heroes of the Soviet Union and Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR Valentina Tereshkova and Andriyan Nikolayev.18.09.1964#7300
Pilots-Cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev (center) and Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova (left) with daughter Lena. To the right is Pavel Popovich. 17.09.1964#15546
A visit by First Secretary of the Social Unity Party of Germany and Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic Walter Ulbricht to the USSR. Walter Ulbricht's wife Lotte Ulbricht, right, congratulates the first woman in space and Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, left, on the birth of her daughter at a maternity hospital.09.06.1964#6029066
Space pilots Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova (2nd right) and Andriyan Nikolayev with their new-born daughter Yelena (centre) with the maternity hospital staff.08.06.1964#65085
Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova in a postnatal ward, after giving birth to her daughter.08.06.1964#64133
Pilots-Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (right on swings) and Valery Bykovsky (left on chair) undergo vestibulary training.01.04.1964#67490
Maria Fyodorovna (left), space pilot Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova's mother, with her granddaughter Yelena.01.02.1964#65063
They flew Vostok spacecraft: Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR and Heroes of the Soviet Union (first row left to right) Andriyan Nikolayev, Valentina Tereshkova and Yuri Gagarin; (second row left to right) Pavel Popovich, Gherman Titov and Valery Bykovsky.01.01.1964#88447
Soviet cosmonaut and Hero of the Soviet Union, Air Force Major General Anatoly Lyapidevsky.01.01.1964#615800
Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR and Heroes of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova [second left], Yuri Gagarin [right], People's Artist of the RSFSR Ivan Lyubeznov [left] and Merited Artist of the RSFSR Vyacheslav Tikhonov [second right] attend "Goluboi Ogonyok" [Blue Light] television show.31.12.1963#7298
Pilot-Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev (right) and his wife Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (left) on a skating rink.29.12.1963#87341
Space-pilots (left to right) Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Nikolayeva-Tereshkova, Andriyan Nikolayev, Valery Bykovsky and Pavel Popovich at the Kremlin wall on 7 November 1963.07.11.1963#65091
Pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left) and Valentina Tereshkova's mother Yelena Fyodorovna.03.11.1963#66444
Pilot-cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (left) and Andriyan Nikolayev (right) during a wedding ceremony.03.11.1963#15423
Left to right: World high-jump champion Valery Brumel, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the U.S.S.R. Valentina Tereshkova, world long-jump champion Igor Ter-Ovanesyan and Pilot-Cosmonaut of the U.S.S.R. Valery Bykovsky. 26.10.1963#66397
Pilots-Cosmonauts of the U.S.S.R. Valery Bykovsky (left) and Valentina Tereshkova (second left) attend exhibition "Bulgaria Builds Socialism." 22.09.1963#66398
Space pilot Valentina Tereshkova (left) talks to the Indian prime minister and Dzhavaharlal Neru (right) on her visit to India.12.09.1963#65047
Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR and Heroes of the Soviet Union Andriyan Nikolayev [second left], Valentina Tereshkova [fourth left] and Valery Bykovsky [right].04.09.1963#3752
Pilots-Cosmonauts Valery Bykovsky (left) and Valentina Tereshkova (right) congratulate each other on receiving Gold Stars of Heroes of Socialist Labor.01.09.1963#66450
Pilots-Cosmonauts Andriyan Nikolayev (left), Valentina Tereshkova (second left), Pavel Popovich (second right) and designer Sergei Korolev.01.08.1963#70397
The world's first female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova on vacation in her hometown of Yaroslavl.19.07.1963#8520345
Center: The world's first female cosmonaut, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, Hero of the Soviet Union Valentina Tereshkova with friends from the flying club at a dacha near Yaroslavl. Photo from the archives of the APN publishing house.19.07.1963#8520344
Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky learning to shoot with a film camera.15.07.1963#15215
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the U.S.S.R. Valentina Tereshkova (center) with her friends from the Yaroslavl air club. 13.07.1963#66391
Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin, second left, Valentina Tereshkova, Valery Bykovsky, Andriyan Nikolayev and German Titov on Moscow television.07.07.1963#6043299
Pilot-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's family: brother Vladimir, mother Yelena, and sister Lyudmila.01.07.1963#70005
They flew Vostok spacecraft: Pilots-Cosmonauts of the USSR Heroes of the Soviet Union Valery Bykovsky (left), Valentina Tereshkova (center) and Yuri Gagarin (right).01.07.1963#88450
Soviet pilots and cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky after returning from a space flight.27.06.1963#5699589
Pilot-cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (right) and Valery Bykovsky (left) at the Vnukovo airfield after the return of the Vostok-6 spaceship.22.06.1963#69488
Demonstrators in the Red Square welcome the first female cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.22.06.1963#65090
Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet - Parliament (left), reads out decree on awarding Valentina Tereshkova and Valery Bykovsky (right).22.06.1963#15570
Leonid Brezhnev, Chairman of the Presidium of the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet - Parliament (left), presents government awards to Pilots-Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova (center) and Valery Bykovsky.22.06.1963#15569
Cosmonauts Pavel Popovich (left), Andriyan Nikolayev (second left), Valentina Tereshkova (center), Yuri Gagarin (second right) and Valery Bykovsky (right) on rostrum of Lenin Mausoleum.22.06.1963#17308
Cosmonauts Pavel Popovich (left), Andriyan Nikolayev (second left), Gherman Titov (third left), Valentina Tereshkova (third right), Yuri Gagarin (second right) and Valery Bykovsky (right) on rostrum of Lenin Mausoleum.22.06.1963#17307
Pilot-cosmonauts of the USSR Valery Bykovsky (left) and Valentina Tereshkova (right) after the flight aboard the Vostok-5 spacecraft. 19.06.1963#68108
Soviet space pilot Valentina Tereshkova in the first minutes after Vostok-6 spacecraft landing.19.06.1963#14724
"Krasnyi Perekop" industrial textile factory in Yaroslavl. Team of the Communist labor headed by Valentina Kalachevskaya, third right, decided to take Valentina Tereshkova as their honorary member.17.06.1963#5699586
Pilot cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova before the launch. Photo from the archive of the APN Publishing House.16.06.1963#8520435
Pilot-Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova before a flight. Photo from the archive of Novosti Press Agency's publishing house.16.06.1963#8520432
