Today, US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir embarked on the first all-female spacewalk - 56 years after Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.⁠ The Soviet cosmonaut is pictured here shortly before the Vostok 6 flight commenced, on 16 June 1963.⁠ Orbiting the Earth 48 times, the engineer spent almost three days in space and remains the only woman to have accomplished a solo mission.⁠ As we near the time a woman will finally walk on the moon, follow our bio link for the pioneers who took the first steps.⁠ 📷: Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images | gettyarchive #gettyarchive ⁠ ⁠ #flashbackfriday #spacewalk #allfemalespacewalk #femalespacewalk #femaleastronaut #womeninspace #valentinatereshkova #spacerace #NASA #cosmonauts #spacemission #reachforthestars #noglassceiling #sovfoto #spacetravel #russianhistory #spacehistory #womanonthemoon #pioneerwoman #feministicon #archivephoto #photoarchive #historyphoto #historyinphotos #gettyimages