THE FIRST GIRL IN SPACE!!!

VALENTINA WAS THE FIRST GIRL IN SPACE.SHE PROVED THAT GIRLS ARE AS BRAVE,INTELLIGENT AND PHYSICALLY STRONG AS MEN.BY HER EXAMPLE,SHE LEFT HER NAME IN THE PAGE OF HISTORY.

SHE WAS VERY SMART AND SLIM IN HER YOUTH.SHE WAS INTERESTED IN FLYING.AT THE AGE OF 22,SHE JOINED A PARACHUTING CLUB.HER TEACHERS HAD A VERY HIGH OPENION ABOUT HER.IN THOSE DAYS,TWO RUSSIANS WENT TO APACE AND CAME BACK SUCCESFULLY.NOW EVERY BODY WANT TO FLY IN SPACE.THE TRAINING FOR SPACE-TRAVEL WAS VERY DIFFICULT.SOME OF THE CANDIDATES LOSE HEART AND LEFT.THERE WERE LECTURES ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF SPACE TRAVEL.THIS WORK REQUIRED A KEEP BRAIN AND A GOOD MEMORY.THE STUDENTS WERE GIVEN PRACTICAL TRAINING OF DIFFERENT KINDS.VALENTINA UNDERWENT THIS TRAINING VERY SUCCESFULLY.

BEFORE VALENTINA TWO FLIGHTS WERE SENT IN SPACE.HER TURN CAME ON JULY 16,1963.HER SPACE SHIP MOVED VERY SWIFTLY.IT GATHERED SPEED THROUGH STAGES.ITS TOP SPEED WAS 18,000 MILES AN HOUR.AT FIRST SHE FELT HEAVY.HER EYES PLANNED.BUT SOON SHE WAS NORMAL.THE NAME OF HER SPACE WAS VASTOK-6.HER OWN CODE NAME WAS SEAGULL.SHE SENT A FULL REPORT TO THE SCIENTISTS. SHE WAS 135 MILES AWAY FROM EARTH.SHE STAYED THERE FOR 72 HOURS.ON HER RETURN SHE WAS CHEERED AND HONOURED BY HER COUNTRYMEN.



WE ARE PROUD OF YOU VALENTINA.