Entries in grey refer to aviation and world events achievements not specific to women.
Entries in white refer to women's achievements.
Birthdates of female pilots/groundcrew, etc. are not given individual entries, but listed in the first entry for each woman.
Reference works are cited by code numbers, identified in the Bibliography.
Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.
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Date(s)
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Bibliography
1960
1960
1960
1960
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1961
1961
1961
1961
Helene Dutrieu
June 27, 1961
Dutrieu dies at her home in Paris.
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1962
1962
1962
1962
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
February 16, 1962
Russian.
Tereshkova is selected as a member of the Cosmonaut Corps.
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John Glenn
February 20, 1962
John Glenn pilots the first American manned orbital mission aboard Friendship 7, on the "Mercury Atlas 6" mission, which lasts 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds.
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1963
1963
1963
1963
Marie Marvingt
?, ? 1963
French.
Marie Marvingt dies in a nursing home run by the sisters of Sainte Charles in Nancy.
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
June 16, 1963
Russian.
Born March 6, 1937
Tereshkova is launched into space as the first woman from any country to achieve that milestone. Tereshkova was chosen from five finalists: Tatiana Kuznetsova, Irina Solovyova, Zhanna Yerkina, and Valentina Ponomareva.
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1964
1964
1964
1964
Mathilde Moisant
1964
Moissant, age 85, dies. She is buried next to her sister Louise and brother John at the Portal of Folded Wings in North Hollywood, a memorial to pioneer aviators.