Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova ready to fly to Mars at 76 - Daily News & Analysis

Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space, photographed in her space suit shortly before take off. � Central Press/Getty Images Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to space, said that she willing to make a one-way trip to Mars. The 76-year old made the statement in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star City) outside Moscow, home to a cosmonaut training centre, adding it is her favourite planet, reports News.com.au. Tereshkova, who became a national heroine at the tender age of 26 when she made a solo space flight in 1963, said that she had been part of the group who studied the possibility of going to the Red Planet. via Science - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNESk1gD7lGnl98Y7tQWMQ2CQziI6Q&url=http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/1845444/report-russian-cosmonaut-valentina-tereshkova-ready-to-fly-to-mars-at-76

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