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The First Woman in Space
On June 16, 1963, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova boarded Vostok 6 at Baikenor cosmodrome and went into orbit. Originally broadcast 21 June 2013.
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Space
A collection of radio documentary programmes with one thing in common – space
