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Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, stands in front of Vostok-6, the capsule that she piloted into space, during the press preview of the Science Museum in London's new Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition.

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, stands in front of Vostok-6, the capsule that she piloted into space, during the press preview of the Science Museum in London's new Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition. Stock Photo

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Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, stands in front of Vostok-6, the capsule that she piloted into space, during the press preview of the Science Museum in London's new Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age exhibition.

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