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valentina tereshkova - swatches of marerial from the vostok-6 parachute,
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valentina tereshkova - swatches of marerial from the vostok-6 parachute,

1963

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valentina tereshkova - swatches of marerial from the vostok-6 parachute,
1963
two separate pieces of fabric, one orange piece of fine synthetic fabric, approximately -- 2.5cm. (1in.) square, and one very fine, sheer piece of grey synthetic fabric attached to a section of khaki nylon woven wadding -- approximately 6.5 x 2.5cm. (2½ x 1in.) wide, with exhibition photograph and a facsimile copy of the letter authenticating the material from Kiev's Cosmonautics Museum and Republican Planetarium
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Lot Essay

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space and the offered material swatches come from the parachute that lowered her to Earth in the Vostok-6 on the 19th of June 1963. They were originally donated by Colonel M. Y. Temper to the Kiev Cosmonautics Museum and Republican Planetarium.

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