Valentina Tereshkova Autograph
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валентина Владимировна Терешкова, IPA: ⓘ; born 6 March 1937) is a Russian engineer, astronaut, politician, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut, being the first woman ever to fly in space. She is known for being the first woman in space, having flown a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission and she is the last surviving Vostok programme Cosmonaut. She was the youngest woman to fly in space until 2023 when Anastatia Mayers flew on Galactic 02 at the age of 18. Since Mayers flew a suborbital mission, Tereshkova remains the youngest woman to fly in Earth orbit. More about Valentina Tereshkova
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Before her selection for the Soviet space program, Tereshkova was a textile factory worker and an amateur skydiver. She joined the Air Force as part of the Cosmonaut Corps and was commissioned as an officer after completing her training. After the dissolution of the first group of female cosmonauts in 1969, Tereshkova remained in the space program as a cosmonaut instructor. She later graduated from the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and re-qualified for spaceflight, but never went to space again. She retired from the Air Force in 1997 having attained the rank of major general.
Tereshkova was a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices including being a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1974 to 1989. She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union but twice lost elections to the national State Duma in 1995 and 2003. Tereshkova was later elected in 2008 to her regional parliament, the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma. In 2011, she was elected to the national State Duma as a member of the ruling United Russia party and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021. Read even more about Valentina Tereshkova at Wikipedia
Tereshkova was a prominent member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, holding various political offices including being a member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1974 to 1989. She remained politically active following the collapse of the Soviet Union but twice lost elections to the national State Duma in 1995 and 2003. Tereshkova was later elected in 2008 to her regional parliament, the Yaroslavl Oblast Duma. In 2011, she was elected to the national State Duma as a member of the ruling United Russia party and was re-elected in 2016 and 2021. Read even more about Valentina Tereshkova at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova
The most expensive item with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova (Valentina Tereshkova Russian Cosmonaut REAL hand SIGNED MLB Baseball EXACT PROOF) was sold in June 2016 for $599.99 while the cheapest item (Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space Autograph Signed COA Trading Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in August 2016. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2016 with an average selling price of $1.12 for an autographed item of Valentina Tereshkova. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2018 with $350.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was June 2016. In average, an autographed item from Valentina Tereshkova is worth $4.87.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Valentina Tereshkova were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Seagull Historic Space AP Print Signed by Alexei Leonov & Valentina Tereshkova | $350.00 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova autograph genuine hand signed photo | $5.50 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova Autographed 4x6 Color Photo 1st Women in Space Astronaut A | $149.99 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova Autographed 4x6 Color Photo 1st Women in Space Astronaut B | $149.99 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova autographed signed 8x10 photo Beckett BAS COA 1st Woman WOW | $350.00 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA AUTOGRAPHED USSR 1975 SOCIALISM BOOKLET RUSSIAN COSMONAUT | $35.50 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova Engineer Signed 8x10 Photograph AUTO Autograph PSA/DNA COA | $215.39 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova Engineer Signed 8x10 Photograph AUTO Autograph PSA/DNA COA | $215.50 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space Autograph Signed COA Trading Card | $0.99 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space Autograph Signed COA Trading Card | $1.04 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space postcard autograph signed TTM | $0.99 | |
| Valentina Tereshkova genuine hand signed postcard | $1.25 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA Signed Autograph Auto 8X10 Photograph Photo JSA COA K67663 | $6.86 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA Signed Autograph Auto 8X10 Photograph Photo JSA COA K67664 | $4.24 | |
| VALENTINA TERESHKOVA Signed Autograph Auto 8X10 Photograph Photo JSA COA K67665 | $4.24 | |