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Topic: Valentina Ponomaryova, cosmonaut (1933-2023)
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SPACEFACTS
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posted 11-09-2023 11:05 AM
   
The Novosti Kosmonavtiki forum reports that former Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Ponomaryova passed away on Nov. 8, 2023. She was second backup for Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 11-09-2023 11:10 AM
From TASS (translated from Russian using Google): Cosmonaut Valentina Ponomareva diedSoviet cosmonaut and retired colonel engineer Valentina Ponomareva, who was the backup for the first woman in space Valentina Tereshkova, has died at the age of 90. This was reported by Roscosmos.  "On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the age of 91, cosmonaut and retired colonel-engineer Valentina Ponomareva, who was the second backup of Valentina Tereshkova, who made the first female flight into space in June 1963, died," the statement said. . Farewell to Valentina Ponomareva will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2023, at 12:00 Moscow time in the House of Cosmonauts in Star City. The funeral will take place in the cemetery of the village of Leonikha in the Moscow region. Ponomareva was born on September 18, 1933 in Moscow. In 1962, she was assigned to the position of student-cosmonaut of the second detachment of the Cosmonaut Training Center of the USSR Air Force. After completing general space training, she was transferred to the position of cosmonaut of the first detachment. In 1963, she trained for the first female space flight on the Vostok-6 spacecraft in a group with Valentina Tereshkova, Irina Solovyova and Zhanna Yorkina. In June 1963, Ponomareva became the second backup for Vostok-6 pilot Valentina Tereshkova. In addition, in the period from 1965 to 1966, Valentina Ponomareva was trained as the commander of the Voskhod spacecraft for a flight lasting 10-15 days with the first woman (co-pilot Irina Solovyova) in outer space. The flight did not take place due to the closure of the program. |
GACspaceguy
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posted 11-09-2023 11:16 AM
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Lasv3
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posted 11-09-2023 11:27 AM
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East-Frisian
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dss65
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Kevin T. Randall
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dom
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posted 11-09-2023 01:23 PM
After Tereshkova became a Soviet icon, the other female cosmonaut candidates kept up their training but always knew they wouldn’t get another mission. As a reward they were given apartments and jobs at the cosmonaut training centre, where most lived for the rest of their lives. RIP |
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posted 11-09-2023 01:29 PM
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MSS
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posted 11-09-2023 03:54 PM
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Neil DC
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posted 11-17-2023 12:30 PM
Valentina Ponomaryova was continuous presence at most Star city and Moscow space events. She was a regular speaker and published at least three books on her experiences. Probably the most extrovert of the five lady cosmonauts selected. She was at one time married to fellow cosmonaut Yuri Ponomaryov. This only leaves Tereshkova and Solovyova from that group. |
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