Author: Valentina Tereshkova

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- 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

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

- Valentina Tereshkova

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

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

- 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

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

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

- Valentina Tereshkova

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