Author: Valentina Tereshkova

Quotes

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

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

- Valentina Tereshkova

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

Hey sky, take off your hat, I'm on my way!

- Valentina Tereshkova

On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?

- Valentina Tereshkova

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky.

- Valentina Tereshkova

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

- Valentina Tereshkova

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

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

- Valentina Tereshkova

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

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

- Valentina Tereshkova

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?

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?

- Valentina Tereshkova

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