Valentina Tereshkova

A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.

If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?

I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am ready to fly without coming back.

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.

It doesn't matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

You don't think about the danger. The spaceship becomes your home.

I love Star City - it is my home.

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?

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.

One cannot deny the great role women have played in the world community. My flight was yet another impetus to continue this female contribution.