Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao, second from left, and Flight Engineer and Soyuz Commander Salizhan Sharipov greet the first woman to fly in space, Valentina Tereshkova, right, prior to the crews' departure from Star City, Russia to Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Monday, October 4, 2004. The Expedition 10 crew will launch on the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft October 14, 2004 to the International Space Station. Photo Credit (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

jsc2019e013422 - At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Expedition 59 crewmember Christina Koch of NASA poses for pictures March 10 in front of a display housing memorabilia from the flight of the first woman to fly in space, Valentina Tereshkova, whose historic mission took place in June 1963. Koch, Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos will launch March 14, U.S. time, in the Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for a six-and-a-half month mission on the International Space Station...NASA/Victor Zelentsov.

ISS036-E-006693 (8 June 2013) --- Inside the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the six Expedition 36 crew members position themselves for a videotaped tribute to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of her 1963 launch aboard the Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft. In the bottom half of the photo, left to right, are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

ISS036-E-006695 (8 June 2013) --- Inside the Kibo laboratory of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, the six Expedition 36 crew members position themselves for a videotaped tribute to cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who on June 16 will mark the 50th anniversary of her 1963 launch aboard the Soviet Vostok-6 spacecraft. In the bottom half of the photo, left to right, are Expedition 36 Commander Pavel Vinogradov of Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos. In the top half of the photo are, left to right, Flight Engineers Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency, Chris Cassidy of NASA, and Fyodor Yurchikhin of Roscosmos.

2861: At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 41/42 Flight Engineer Elena Serova of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) enjoys the spotlight with the first woman to fly in space, Russian icon Valentina Tereshkova, during the Expedition crew’s departure activities Sept. 12 prior to flying to their launch site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for final pre-launch training. Serova, who will become the fourth Russian woman to fly in space, Soyuz Commander Alexander Samokutyaev of Roscosmos and NASA Flight Engineer Barry Wilmore will launch from Baikonur on Sept. 26, Kazakh time, in their Soyuz TMA-14M spacecraft for a 5 ½ month mission on the International Space Station. NASA/Stephanie Stoll