CLASSIFICATION: 6/10.
NUMBER OF MISSIONS: 1.
SPACEFLIGHT HOURS: 2 days 22 hours 50 min.
WORLD PRECEDENCE: the first woman in space (Vostok-6, 1963); the first woman – a pilot (a commander) of the space vehicle (Vostok-6, 1963); the first solo flight of a woman in space in the world (without a crew) (Vostok-6, 1963).
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: March 6, 1937, the RSFSR (Russia), Yaroslavl region, Tutayevsk district, Maslennikovo village.
NATIONALITY: Russian.
EDUCATION:
1953 – completed the seven-year course of secondary school No. 32 in Yaroslavl;
1955 – completed the course of the 8^th and 9^th forms of the school for working youth No. 10 in Yaroslavl;
1955 - 1960 – studied by correspondence at the Yaroslavl light industry technical secondary school with the specialization of a technologist in cotton-spinning;
September 1964 – May 31, 1969 – a student at the engineering faculty of N.Ye. Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy. Graduated from the Academy with an excellent certificate of a pilot-cosmonaut-engineer;
1976 – earned a candidate of technical sciences degree.
OCCUPATION BEFORE JOINING COSMONAUT CORPS:
July 27, 1954 – April 12, 1955 – a cutter of workshop 5 at the Yaroslavl tyre factory;
June 2, 1955 – a worker at the Yaroslavl Order of Lenin textile mill “Krasny Perekop”;
1960 – after finishing Yaroslavl light industry technical secondary school she worked on probation in the repair section of factory No. 2;
August 11, 1960 – a full-time secretary of L.Y.C.L.S.U. of “Krasny Perekop” textile mill.
DATE OF ENROLLMENT IN COSMONAUT CORPS (GROUP NUMBER, DATE):
March 12, 1962 – was enrolled as a student-cosmonaut of group 2 (the first women enrollment) in the cosmonaut corps of the Air Force Cosmonaut Training Center by the Air Force Commander-in-Chief order;
from December 1, 1962 – a cosmonaut of group 1, department 1.
RATING: June 16, 1963 – a third-class cosmonaut.
SPACEFLIGHTS PERFORMED:
June 16 - 19, 1963 – a commander of the Vostok-6 spacecraft. Vostok-6 was in orbit simultaneously with Vostok-5 manned by V. Bykovsky. Flight duration: 2 days 22 hours 50 min. Call sign: “Chaika”.
DISCHARGE FROM COSMONAUT CORPS:
1997 – left the cosmonaut corps having reached the age limit.
OCCUPATION AT THE GCTC:
1997 - 1999 – a senior research worker of the Yu.A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
AWARDS:
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of the Soviet Union (June 22, 1963),
Two Orders of Lenin (June 22, 1963 and May 6, 1981),
The Order of October Revolution (December 1, 1971),
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (March 5, 1987),
Order of Merit to the Country, class III (March 6, 1997),
9 commemorative medals,
Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (March 3, 1997),
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of the Socialist Labour of the CzSSR (August 1963),
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of the Socialist Labour of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria,
Order of Georgy Dimitrov (September 9, 1963),
Order of Karl Marx (October 1963, GDR),
Medal of Bekker (October 1963, GDR),
Grunwald Cross, class I (October 1963, Poland),
Order of Nepal, class I (November 1963),
Order of Star of Indonesia, class II (November 1963),
Volta Order (January 1964, Ghana),
Order of the State Banner of the Hungarian People’s Republic (April 1965),
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of the Mongolian People’s Republic (May 1965, Mongolia),
Order of Suhe-Bator (May 1965, Mongolia),
Order of Enlightenment (August 1969, Afghanistan),
Order of the Planet (December 1969, Jordan),
Order “Nile Necklace” (January 1971, OAR),
Medal “Gold Star” of Hero of Vietnam (October 1971),
Order of O’Higgence (March 1972, Chili),
Order of the Yugoslavian Banner (November 1972),
Order “For Progress in Sciences” (November 17, 1973, Rumania),
Order of the Sun (1974, Peru),
Order “Plaia Hiron” (1974, Cuba),
Order of Anna Betankur (1974, Cuba),
Medal “For Weapon Fraternity Consolidation” (1976, Bulgaria),
High Order of Ethiopia (1981),
K.E. Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Sciences,
Gold Star of the British Interplanetary Communication Society “For progress in space exploration” (February 1964, Great Britain),
Gold Medal “Space” (FAI),
Galamber Prize in astronautics,
Gold Medal of the Globe in the name of Zholio-Kuri (1964, France),
Order “Wind-rose” of the International aeronautics and space flights committee, “Gold Mimosa” of the Italian women union (1963),
Distinguishing badge of the L.Y.C.L.S.U. Central Committee “For active work in Komsomol” (1963),
Gold Medal of the USSR Exhibition of National Economic Achievement (June 28, 1963),
Distinguishing badge of the USSR Voluntary Society for Assisting Army, Air Force and Navy (July 1, 1963).
CURRENT STATUS: 1997 – retired from the Armed Forces (retired Air Force Major-General)

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