Being Quote by Valentina Tereshkova

The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and…

— 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…

— Valentina Tereshkova

There was a lake beneath me, but the big, heavy parachute which had to be opened two miles above the ground couldn't be steered.…

— Valentina Tereshkova

Again the pressure pushes me in the chair, shuts my eyes. I notice the dark red tongues of the flame outside the windows. I'm…

— Valentina Tereshkova

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

— Valentina Tereshkova

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there.…

— Valentina Tereshkova

I love Star City - it is my home.

— Valentina Tereshkova

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

— Valentina Tereshkova

Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag…

— Valentina Tereshkova

It was very difficult to control the descent. At a height of seven kilometres, I catapulted out of my capsule and parachuted down to…

— Valentina Tereshkova

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

— Valentina Tereshkova

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…

— Valentina Tereshkova