The first female astronaut in the world was valentina tereshkova of the former Soviet Union. /KOOC-0/963 June/KOOC-0/6, she flew into space on the "Dongfang 6" spacecraft, becoming the first woman in the world to fly into the universe. She flew for 70 hours, 40 minutes and 49 seconds and circled the ground 48 times. Tereshkova was born on March 6th, 1937, in Maslenikova village, Tutaev district, Yaroslavl region. 1955 ~ 1962 worked as a textile worker in yaroslavl Hongqu Textile Complex and concurrently served as the secretary of the Youth League Committee of the factory. During this period, she started skydiving at yaroslavl Aviation Club. 1960 graduated from Textile Technical College (by correspondence) and was awarded the title of "Textile Processing Teacher". 1962 joined the * * * production party and received astronaut training in the aerospace school, during which he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant. After completing the first manned space flight, tereshkova was elected as the former representative of supreme soviet of the ussr in 1966, served as the chairman of the women's committee of the former Soviet Union from 1968, graduated from the Military Engineering Institute from 1969, and served as the vice-chairman of the International Democratic Women's Federation from the same year. 1970 promoted to colonel of military engineering technology; 197 1 was elected as a member of the Soviet central Committee; 1974 was elected as a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the former Soviet Union; And obtained an associate doctorate in technology in 1976. She is currently the director of the Center for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation of the Russian government, a senior researcher at the Gagarin Astronaut Training Center in Russia, and a major general of the Russian Air Force. 1995 tereshkova attended the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China as a special guest.