How many women joined the space programme in February 1962?
50
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How long did Valentina’s flight last?
almost 3 days
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On her seventieth birthday, what was Valentina's dream?
a flight to Mars
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Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
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What did Alexei Leonov do first?
walked in space
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Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
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The first woman cosmonaut had to be fit and young. Why?
because a long journey makes you tires; the cosmonaut had to stay on space for several days; the scientist didn't want the cosmonaut to be ill in space
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Did the Russian engineers want a small woman or a big woman. Why?
they wanted a small woman; there was not much room inside a space rocket
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When did Valentina start school?
in 1945
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When did Valentina get married? Who was her husband?
in November, 1963. Her husband was a cosmonaut - Adrian Nikolayev