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I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?

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Valentina Tereshkova
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 6
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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova
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