From royalsociety https://twitter.com/royalsociety on Twitter: #OnThisDay in 1963, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth 48 times in the Vostok 6 space capsule. Tereshkova remains the youngest woman to reach space, and the only woman to fly a solo space mission. #SpaceExploration https://twitter.com/royalsociety/status/1368175282524454917/photo/1 https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/71234