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Zhanna Yorkina
Astronaut

Zhanna Yorkina

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Joining the Soviet Union’s first group of women cosmonaut trainees.

Cosmonaut group

Born
6 May 1939
Birthplace
Soltsy
Died
25 May 2015

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Zhanna Yorkina

Zhanna Yorkina was a Soviet cosmonaut trainee who did not make a spaceflight.

Early life

Education

Studied English in Ryazan, worked as a language teacher and became an amateur parachutist.

Career

  1. 1962

    Selection

    Joined the five-woman cosmonaut group.

  2. 1963

    Vostok preparations

    Trained during preparations for the first woman’s orbital flight.

  3. 1965

    Mission work

    Worked on the Voskhod programme.

Selected work

Cosmonaut group

One of the women selected alongside Valentina Tereshkova.

Beyond work

Family

Married Valery Sergeychik in 1963; they had two children.

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