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Valentina Tereshkova Reaches Orbit

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VOSTOK
Vostok 6 was the spacecraft that carried Tereshkova to orbit on June 16, 1963 — the final mission in the Soviet Vostok program.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ORBIT
Tereshkova completed 48 orbits of the Earth during her nearly three-day mission, more than all American astronauts who had flown up to that point combined.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
COSMOS
The Soviet space program used the word 'cosmonaut' — from the Greek for cosmos, or universe — to describe its space travelers, including Tereshkova.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CAPSULE
The Vostok capsule was a spherical descent module, and cosmonauts ejected and parachuted to the ground separately for landing.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Valentina Tereshkova word search — free and large-print — honoring the first woman to orbit Earth, soaring through the cosmos on June 16, 1963.

About Valentina Tereshkova Reaches Orbit

On June 16, 1963, Valentina Tereshkova lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Vostok 6 and etched her name into history as the first woman ever to travel to space. Over nearly three days, she completed 48 orbits of the Earth, gazing down at blue oceans and curving horizons that few humans had ever seen. Her flight was a triumph of human ambition — proof that the long dream of leaving the ground belonged to everyone willing to reach for the stars.

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