Valentina Tereshkova By Abby Muro VALENTINA TERESHKOVA • Born march 6, 1937 to Present. LIFE OF EXPLORER • She was born on march 6, 1937 and she’s still alive! She was born at Yaroslavl region of Russia. She started school when she was a baby and her mom didn’t have that much money to afford going to school. Who sent the explorer • She was sent from Russia her country. By people in NASA. Where & when the exploration took place • She started her mission on june16,1963- june19,1963. The station was in Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The trip ended in Pavinskiy collective farm west of Bayevo. What the explorer did • Valentina Tereshkova was the first women in space also to travel around the world 48 times! Plus she's a spokes men now that she's done traveling in space. Importance of the exploration • First my explorer went in space and at the time she was the first women in space because only men went in space, till she came along for the journey. Map of the exploration route Picture of earth from space that she took when traveling around the earth 48 times.