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- by Micha F. Lindemans. In Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman on earth. Zeus ordered Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship, to create her and he did, using water and earth. The gods endowed her with many talents; Aphrodite gave her beauty, Apollo music, Hermes persuasion, and so forth. Hence her name: Pandora, all-gifted.
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- Back then, cosmonauts were allowed to take only one book with them on a mission. I chose a book of poetry. On Sep. 26, 2014, Yelena Serova became the first Russian woman to go into space in the last 20 years.
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- Junko Tabei (田部井 淳子, Tabei Junko, born September 22, 1939) is a Japanese mountain-climber who, on May 16, 1975, became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Contents.
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- A+E Networks. On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space. After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.
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Russia forgot to send toothbrush with first woman in space Russia forgot to send toothbrush with first woman in space Dr Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, realised she did not have her toothbrush upon reaching orbit Russian cosmonaut Dr Valentina Tereshkova Photo: Rex Features By Sarah Knapton, Science Edito
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Space Firsts in Exploration History The first woman in space: Valentina Tereshkova flew in space aboard the Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963. The first American woman in space: On June 18, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger lifted off with Sally Ride aboard. She was the first American woman in space. The youngest American in space: Besides being the first American woman in space, Sally Ride was also the youngest American when she rode the Challenger in 1983.
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Who were the first women to win Nobel Prizes? The Polish-French scientist was the first woman to share a Nobel Prize (the 1903 physics award, with her husband Pierre and fellow French scientist Henri Becquerel, for their pioneering work on radioactivity) and was also the first woman to receive an unshared Nobel, the 1911 chemistry prize, for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium.
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U.s History Jane Addams life and biography. Jane Addams biography. Jane Addams (born September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois, United States – died May 21, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker and founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher (the first American woman in that role), author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace.
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'Sally was very good at keeping secrets': How America's first woman in space hid the fact she was a lesbian for 27 years from even close friends and was so traumatized by fame that she sought psychiatric help 'Sally was very good at keeping secrets': How America's first woman in space hid the fact she was a lesbian for 27 years from even close friends and was so traumatized by fame that she sought psychiatric help. 1  Sally Ride became America's first woman in space in 1983, aged 32. But the 'fiercely private' person struggled to deal with the fame when she returned to earth. Her five-year marriage ended and she left NASA in 1987. It was only after Ride's death in 2012, that her partner revealed that the pair had been lesbian lovers.
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Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies Share your tributes to Sally Ride. Ride flew into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983 to become America's first woman in space. She took a second trip aboard the same shuttle one year later. The first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the Earth 48 times in 1963. As the first American woman to travel into space, Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model, President Barack Obama said soon after news of her death broke.
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Valentina Tereshkova: First Woman in Space Valentina Tereshkova, born March 6, 1937, was the first woman to go into space. As a Soviet cosmonaut, she orbited the Earth in her Vostok 6 space capsule from June 16 to June … 18, 1963.
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- Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator.
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10 Things You Should Know About Jerrie Mock, The First Woman To Fly Solo Around The Globe Earlier this week Geraldine “Jerrie” Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world, died at her home in Quincy, FL. She was 88.
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Sally Ride Interview Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, visited Scholastic's Web site on November 20, 1998.
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Space Shuttle Program In 1983 space shuttle astronaut Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space as part of the Challenger crew. The program was a tremendous success for NASA, but it also endured several tragedies.
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UK womenâs firsts UK women’s firsts. In 1991 27-year-old Helen Sharman from Sheffield became the first British person to go into space. The first woman in space was Russian cosmonaut Lieutenant Valentina Tereshkova, 26, who completed 49 orbits of the earth back in 1963.
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- Valentina Tereshkova Biography Summary: Valentina Tereshkova (1937 - Present) was famous for being the first woman in space. From an early age Valentina was interested in the sky. She trained as a skydiver in her local Aeroclub and later would be selected to become a member of the all-female cosmonaut corps.
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- Learn about the life and political career of the UK's first female prime minister, Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, in this video. Introduction. Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the United Kingdom’s first and thus far only female prime minister, served from 1979 until 1990.
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Biography Edith Clarke, an electrical engineer with expertise in power systems, was influential in the design of dams in the American West. Clarke became the first woman elected as an American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) fellow in 1948.
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Biography Margaret Thatcher's political career has been one of the most remarkable of modern times. Born in October 1925 at Grantham, a small market town in eastern England, she rose to become the first (and for two decades the only) woman to lead a major Western democracy.
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Sally Ride, first American woman in space, dies The first woman in space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who orbited the Earth 48 times in 1963. Memories of my space flight with Sally Ride. As the first American woman to travel into space, Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model, President Barack Obama said soon after news of her death broke.
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- (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the first woman, made out of earth as the gods' revenge on man for obtaining fire from Prometheus. Given a box (Pandora's box) that she was forbidden to open, she disobeyed out of curiosity and released from it all the ills that beset man, leaving only hope within.
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Economy of Peru Margaret Thatcher: Fast Facts. Learn about the life and political career of the UK's first female prime minister, Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, in this video. Introduction. Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), the United Kingdom’s first and thus far only female prime minister, served from 1979 until 1990.
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Who was the first woman in space? Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born March 6, 1937) was the first woman in space. She flew the Vostok 6 spacecraft on a three-day flight, June 16-18, 1963. She is now a ret … ired Soviet cosmonaut.
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Who was the first woman in space? The name of the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian woman, in the 1960s. NASA wanted to send an American woman into space in the 1960s (just like the Russ … ians did), but President LBJ said no, so the first American woman (Sally Ride) went into space in the 1980s.
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- The Women of NASA interactive project showcases outstanding women who are enjoying successful careers in math, science and technology. In 1903, only two years after the Nobel Foundation was established, the first Nobel Prize was awarded to a woman.