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TIMEWhy the Soviets Beat the US in Sending a Woman to SpaceTIMEOn June 16, 1963, 26-year-old Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space, beginning a three-day expedition during which she would orbit the earth 48 times. Tereshkova, a textile worker and member of her factory's parachute-jumping club, had ...and more »