Top 17 Valentina Tereshkova Quotes

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I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commissi

I felt fine after 24 hours and asked the state commission to prolong my stay in space to three days. And I carried out the entire schedule. Could I have done that if I had been half-dead?
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.
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After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn’t happen.
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I am very resourceful, as any woman would be.
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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.
Valentina Tereshkova
A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women.
Valentina Tereshkova
On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn’t we be taking the same risks in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can’t they fly in space?
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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.
Valentina Tereshkova
We didn’t have rest days or weekends because we had to get ready as fast as possible, so we could beat the Americans, who were also racing to send a woman into space.
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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 Vostok-6 quite often in the centre for cosmonaut training. And every time I pass it by, I stroke it and say, ‘My lovely one, my best and most beautiful friend, my best and most beautiful man.’
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It doesn’t matter what country or what political system you are from. Space brings you together.
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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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I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including spacesuits and spacecraft comfort assuring systems, were designed mostly by men and for men.
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I love Star City – it is my home.
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Hey sky, take off your hat, I’m on my way!
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