Yuri Gagarin

I don't see any God up here.

The main thing is to be in space. If only I could be in space for a week, or a month, or a year!

When they asked me to write down a farewell letter to my wife, I was a bit surprised. I thought, 'What's the hurry?'

I could have landed in the desert, but then I would have had to walk barefoot.

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

I felt very well in weightlessness, like a fish in water.

The feeling of weightlessness was somewhat unfamiliar compared to Earth conditions. Here, you feel as if you are suspended in a horizontal position.

What beauty. What a wonderful world!

The Earth is blue. How wonderful. It is amazing.

I was told to prepare for the flight one way, but then the schedule was changed, and I had to prepare for it another way.

I want to dedicate this flight to the people of communism.

I still can't believe it. I want to fly again. I want to fly to the Moon, to Mars, to Venus...

The main thing about space is that it is not dark. It is light, just not like on Earth.

The Earth is very beautiful. I could see the continents clearly, the rivers, the clouds, the snow-capped mountains.

I was very surprised by how small the Earth looks from up there.

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

The most beautiful thing in the world is the Earth from space.

I am a simple Soviet man. I was born in a simple family, and I have grown up under the Soviet government.

I feel wonderful. I see clouds and the horizon, and the forests and cities.

The sky is very dark, and the Earth is a beautiful blue planet.