“Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women. — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
“(The Soviet space agency did not traditionally give cosmonauts steak and eggs before launch; it gave them a one-liter enema.) Fahey,” — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
Why can't a state that launches cosmonauts into space provide enough eggs and milk for its city children during the winter months? — Harrison Salisbury Copy Share Image
You're in charge but don't touch the controls. Recounting what the two Russian cosmonauts tell her each time they leave the Mir… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people… — Mark Shuttleworth Copy Share Image
Whenever we went on a trip, picnic, or business trip, I was always with my dad, and I would just always be… — Roman Romanenko Copy Share Image
I would enjoy flying to Mars. This was the dream of the first cosmonauts. I wish I could realize it! I am… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
I took a Russian class at Notre Dame. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would fly someday in a… — Kevin A. Ford Copy Share Image
I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
All children of cosmonauts went to one school. We all lived in the same neighborhood, Star City, and all of us, children… — Roman Romanenko Copy Share Image
“If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“The Soviets were worried that the Americans would attack their "sparkling new Mir space station, ... in a space shuttle, throw out… — James Mahaffey Copy Share Image
This was the first time we had two ex-Soviet Cosmonauts in Houston. A lot of us, including me, viewed it with some… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image