Valentina Tereshkova Quotes
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Once you've been in space, you appreciate how small and fragile the Earth is.
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The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
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I am convinced that the modular structure of the Mir will be the main trend in manned orbital stations development in the next century.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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Of course, it's a dream to go to Mars. I want to find out whether there was life there or not. And if there was, then why did it die out? What sort of catastrophe happened?
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More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.
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One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.
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I see the horizon. A light blue, a beautiful band. This is the Earth. How beautiful it is! All goes well.
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It [the Earth] was breathtakingly beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale. There is no way to describe the joy of seeing the Earth. It is blue, and more beautiful than any other planet.
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Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the windows. I'm trying to memorize, fix all the feelings, the peculiarities of this descending, to tell those, who will be conquering space after me.