The Soviets put the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space 61 years ago, on June 16, 1963. They did it to beat the Americans at it. Having done that, it was another 20 years before the next female cosmonaut flew... An excerpt from my book, "The Wrong Stuff."
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/the-wrong-stuff/9781541703346/
The Soviets put the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space 61 years ago, on June 16, 1963. They did it to beat the Americans at it. Having done that, it was another 20 years before the next female cosmonaut flew... An excerpt from my book, "The Wrong Stuff."
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/the-wrong-stuff/9781541703346/