June 16th...The First Woman in Space (Valentina Tereshkova)

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 121. This time we examine the year 1963 as Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

https://www.reverbnation.com/timkreitz

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://www.space.com/21571-valentina-tereshkova.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yuri-Gagarin

https://www.straightdope.com/21342333/why-did-cosmonauts-land-on-land-while-astronauts-landed-on-water

https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/whos_who_level2/tereshkova.html

https://www.biography.com/astronaut/valentina-tereshkova

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valentina-Tereshkova

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valery-Bykovsky

https://www.rt.com/news/379550-tereshkova-facts-80-anniversary/

http://todiscoverrussia.com/33-facts-about-valentina-tereshkova-the-first-female-cosmonaut/

 

Photo: 

http://todiscoverrussia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Valentina-Tereshkova-1962.jpg