Answer the following questions :

(a) Why has Valentina Tereshkova been described as 'proletaria'?
  (b) What do you know about Tereshkova's early life?

(c) What led to the selection of Tereshkova as a cosmonaut?
(d) Describe the trainings Tereshkova had to undergo to prepare herself for the flight.
(e) When and how was Vostok-6 launched?

 (a) Valentina Tereshkova has been described as "proletaria" because she came from a working-class background, with her father being a tractor driver and her mother working in a textile plant.

 (b) Tereshkova was born in a village in Central Russia on March 6, 1937. Her early schooling was not enjoyable, and she left school after a few years. She later completed her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a young age and began training in skydiving at the local Aeroclub.

(c) Tereshkova was selected as a cosmonaut due to her expertise in skydiving. After Yuri Gagarin's historic flight, the Soviet Union decided to send a woman into space, and Tereshkova's experience in parachuting made her a suitable candidatE-

(d) Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training sessions, including weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps, and pilot training in MiG- 15UTI jet fighters.

(e) Vostok-6 was launched on June 16,11963. Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad. After completing communication and life support checks, Tereshkova was sealed inside Vostok-6, which launched faultlessly after a two-hour countdown