John Strausbaugh
Award-winning history writer John Strausbaugh tells fascinating stories about the past, bringing fresh perspectives to events and characters great and small.
John Strausbaugh
Valentina Tereshkova, the "Cosmonette"
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John Strausbaugh
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Season 1
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Episode 24
The Soviets put the first woman, Valentina Tereshkova, into space 61 years ago, on June 16, 1963. They did it to beat the Americans at it. Having done that, it was another 20 years before the next female cosmonaut flew... An excerpt from my book, "The Wrong Stuff."
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-strausbaugh/the-wrong-stuff/9781541703346/