B. Answer the following questions :
- What do you know about Tereshkova's early life?
- What led to the selection of Tereshkova as a cosmonaut?
- What can you say about the trainings Tereshkova took?
- Who was the first human being to fly to outer space?
- Briefly discuss Tereshkova's experience in Vostok-6.
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Explanation: a) Tereshkova was born in Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. She started attending school in
1945 at the age of eight. However, she stopped going to school in 1953 and carried on her education through
distance learning.
(b) Tereshkova underwent training in skydiving and made her first jump on the 21st of May 1959. Soon she became expert in skydiving which led to her selection as a cosmonaut
(c) Being interested in parachuting from a young age, Tereshkova took training in skydiving at a regional Aeroclub. Again, after being selected as a cosmonaut, she underwent a series of training in weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG 15 UTI jet fighters.
d) Yuri Gagarin was the first human being to fly to outer space in 1961.
(e) Tereshkova was dressed in space-suits and locked inside Vostok-6. There she stayed for a two-hour count down before the successful launch of Vostok-6.
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