# Vostok and Mercury Astronauts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vostok-and-mercury-astronauts/755909>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 28, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vostok-and-mercury-astronauts/755909 "2016-05-28T19:24:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ssgenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vostok-and-mercury-astronauts/755909/1 "2016-05-28T19:24:45Z")

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Just reading that there is currently only 1 of the 7 Mercury Astronauts (John Glenn) and only 2 of the 6 Vostok Astronauts still living (Valery Bykovski and the first female, Valentina Tereshkova)

Any bets on who will be the last one living?

My bet is on Valentina Tereshkova strictly because she has mentioned that she would volunteer to go to Mars even on a one way trip.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vostok-and-mercury-astronauts/755909/2 "2016-05-28T20:26:57Z")

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Women tend to live longer than men. Enough said.

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**Author:** ![ssgenius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vostok-and-mercury-astronauts/755909/3 "2016-05-28T22:25:17Z")

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She is also the youngest and was in the recent Sochi winter Olympics as a flagbearer