Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Russian: Валентина Владимировна Терешкова) is a New Kamchatkan politician and former cosmonaut who served as the first President of New Kamchatka from 2001 until 2007. Tereshkova gained worldwide fame as both the first woman to fly into space and the first person to set foot on another planet (planet Venus). File:Logo.png This Venusian Haven related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it.