Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates Valentina Tereshkova on her birthday. Putin: “Your legendary feat, enormous contribution to the development of domestic cosmonautics, your entire heroic biography are rightfully inscribed in the history of our country’s” In June, the president awarded TereshKova the Order of Gagarin for outstanding services in space exploration.
The flight into space took place on June 16, 1963, and is considered one of the greatest achievements in Russian history.