1963 Press Photo Soviet Cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova, Valeri Bykovsky

Cosmic companions - Russia's Valentina Tereshkova, 26, and Lieutenant Colonel Valeri Bykovsky, 28, who are orbiting the earth today in separate spaceships, are shown shortly before Bykovsky was launched in his spaceship, Vostok 5. This picture was released today by Tass, the Soviet news agency.

Photo is dated 1963.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.