"I saw no angels or gods up there in the heavens."

"When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!"

"I felt wonderful when the gravity pull began to disappear. I suddenly found I could do things much more easily than before. And it seemed as though my hands and legs and my whole body did not belong t…"

"I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let's preserve and enhance this beauty, not destroy it!"

"To be a cosmonaut, you must be a strong person, both physically and morally."