Gherman Titov

“It is difficult to express in words the feelings of happiness and pride which fill me.”

“We were young, we were pilots, and we were hungry to test the new technology of 'space machines.' And we all wanted to be first.”

“I wasn't a very convenient person for the leadership. I had my own opinion about things and knew how to insist on this.”

“Some say God is living there [in space]. I was looking around very attentively, but I did not see anyone there. I did not detect either angels or gods....I don't believe in God. I believe in man - his strength, his possibilities, his reason.”

“I am Eagle! I am Eagle!”

“It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.”

“We thought our careers as cosmonauts - we were young then - would end with a flight to Mars. But, you see, life has made some course corrections.”