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by jkot 3925 days ago
> Tereshkova did not have a panic attack in space. She had a panic attack before going and was strapped into the seat against her will.

Any source? There were two backups, and if there would be delay a few days, she would not have fly anyway.

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Fuller-Wright, a NASA-funded researcher:

"She didn't want to go," Soviet space scientists told me. "At the last minute, she panicked, and they had to strap her into her seat against her will."