Valentina Tereshkova Astronaut 1st Woman in Space Russian JSA SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO

Description: This auction is for the following EXTREMELY RARE Valentina Tereshkova Russian Astronaut who was the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on June 16th, 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times spent almost three days in space and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission. This Valentina Tereshkova autographed 8x10 photograph has been authenticated by the most prestigious and respected authentication company in the hobby JSA #DD69229. Autographed items that have been authenticated by JSA adds and additional value to all signed items that bare the JSA authentication process. BIO: Valentina Tereshkova Russian Astronaut Cosmonaut. She was the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on June 16th, 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times spent almost three days in space and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission. Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateur skydiver. She joined the Air Force as part of the Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after completing her training. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space program as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and re-qualified for spaceflight but never went to space again. She retired from the Air Force in 1997 having attained the rank of major general. Tereshkova had not held any previous desire to go to space and it was her experience in skydiving that would contribute to her selection as a cosmonaut. After the flight of Yuri Gagarin in 1961, Nikolai Kamanin, director of cosmonaut training, read in American media that female pilots were training to be astronauts. Approval was granted for five female cosmonauts in the next group, which would begin training in 1963. To increase the odds of sending a woman into space first, the female cosmonauts began their training before the males. By January 1962, the All-Union Voluntary Society for Assistance to the Army, Air Force and Navy (DOSAAF) had selected 400 candidates for consideration. After the initial screening, 58 of those candidates met the requirements, which Kamanin reduced to 23. On February 16th, 1962, Tereshkova was selected along with four other candidates to join the female cosmonaut corps. Training included isolation tests, centrifuge tests, thermo-chamber tests, decompression chamber testing, and pilot training in MiG-15UTI jet fighters. Tereshkova underwent water recovery training at sea where several motorboats were used to agitate the waters to simulate rough conditions. She also began studying at the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and graduated a few years after her flight. The group spent several months in basic training and, after finishing their training and passing an examination, Kamanin offered them the option to be commissioned as regular Air Force officers. With advice from the male cosmonauts, they chose to accept Kamanin's offer, as it would make it harder for the program to get rid of them after the first flight. All five women became junior lieutenants in the Air Force in December 1962.Vostok 6: After the successful launch of Vostok 5 on June 14th, 1963. Tereshkova began final preparations for her own flight. On the morning of June 16th, 1963, Tereshkova dressed in a spacesuit and was taken to the launch pad by bus. Following the tradition set by Gagarin, Tereshkova also urinated on the bus tire, becoming the first woman to do so. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was sealed inside the Vostok. After a two-hour countdown, Vostok 6 launched faultlessly, and Tereshkova became the first woman in space; she remains the only woman to fly to space solo, and the youngest at 26 years old. Her call sign in this flight was Chaika (Russian: Ча́йка, lit. 'Seagull'), later commemorated as the name of an asteroid, 1671 Chaika. After her launch, she radioed down. “It is I, Seagull! Everything is fine. I see the horizon; it's a sky blue with a dark strip. How beautiful the Earth is ... everything is going well.” Vostok 6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok 5 which carried Bykovsky into a five-day mission. The two vessels spent three days in orbital planes 30° apart and, during Tereshkova's first orbit, approached each other to within 5 km (3.1 mi). Although they were able to communicate via radio, neither could be sure if they saw each other. Cameras placed inside both the spacecrafts transmitted live footage that was broadcast on Soviet state television. Tereshkova also maintained a flight log and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Her mission was used to continue the medical studies on humans in spaceflight and offered comparative data of the effects of space travel on women. Although Tereshkova experienced nausea and physical discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48 times and spent 2 days, 22 hours, and 50 mins in space. As planned in all Vostok missions, Tereshkova ejected from the capsule during its descent at about four miles above the Earth and made a parachute landing 620 km (385 mi) north-east of Karaganda, Kazakhstan at 8:20 am UTC on June 19th. Bykovsky landed three hours after her. Later on, Tereshkova revealed that she had difficulty controlling the parachute due to strong winds. However, she landed safely but received a bruise on her nose, then she had dinner with some local villagers in the Altai Krai who helped her to get out of her spacesuit. THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC HAND AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 PHOTOGRAPH THAT HAS BEEN JSA COA AUTHENTICATION. I ONLY SELL AUTHENTIC HAND AUTOGRAPHED MEMORABILIA. I do not sell reprints or facsimile autographs. When you bid on my items you will receive the real deal authentic hand autographed items. You will receive the same signed 8x10 photograph that is pictured in the scan. If you have any questions feel free to e-mail me. PLEASE NOTE this 8x10 photograph was printed and then autographed post war. I combine S&H when multiple items are purchased. I ship items internationally the price for international S&H varies by country. I currently have other rare autographed military and historical signed items available. Please take a look at my other auctions of rare military and historical autographed items.

Price: 500 USD

Location: Historical Treasures

End Time: 2023-12-26T11:53:31.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD