“We didn't have rest days or weekends because we had to get ready as fast as poss…” — 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 Earth. I was very familiar with parachutes because I was a sky diver before.

More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

Cosmonauts can keep their word like men and women - particularly women.

Of course, it's a dream to go to Mars. I want to find out whether there was life there or not. And if there was, then why did it die out? What sort of catastrophe happened?