June 2, 2022
On this date in 1969, Valentina Tereshkova received her degree from test pilot engineering school. The title of here thesis was “Braking engines for orbital aircraft”. The head of the Soviet Cosmonaut Corps, Nikolai Kamanin wrote in his diaries that he was very proud of her and the fact that “six years after her flight, the factory worker has become an erudite engineer and a holder of a degree of the highest international class.”
Valentina Tereshkova and Nikolay Kamanin, both of whom fought for sending a woman to space before the Americans. Image credit: SpaceReview
