Multiple choice general knowledge history

Back into space. Who was the first woman to become a cosmonaut?

  1. Mae Jemison

  2. Christa McAuliffe

  3. Valentina Tereshkova

  4. Elena Kondakova
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Explanation

Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in 1963 aboard Vostok 6. Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space (1992). Christa McAuliffe was the teacher who died in the Challenger disaster. Elena Kondakova was a later Russian cosmonaut.

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