Valentina Tereskova (Bol'šoe Maslennikov 1937), Russian astronaut. She was the first woman in the world when she was 26, in 1963, aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft, and made 48 laps around the Earth in three days. She was celebrated at the Grand Hotel Gardone in October 1967 during her visit to Italy. When reporters asked her, after her breakfast in the garden, how was the Earth from the space, she replied: "It looked like a bride with her white veil."