44 Quotes by Valentina Tereshkova

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    The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions

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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.

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

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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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