She studied electronics; was selected from Air
Force as cosmonaut on 03.03.1962 (Vostok); OKP: 4/62 - 21.01.1965; then
Officer, Soviet Air Force; graduated from Air Force Academy; was
assigned as backup for Voskhod 4; later Chief of geophysical laboratory
of TsPK; since marriage to a former cosmonaut candidate her family name
is Pitskhelauri.