I See Earth! It Is So Beautiful.

Nothing Will Stop Us. The Road To The Stars Is Steep And Dangerous. But We're Not Afraid . . . Space Flights Can't Be Stopped. This Isn't The Work Of One Man Or Even A Group Of Men. It Is A Historical Process Which Mankind Is Carrying Out In Accordance With The Natural Laws Of Human Development.

Rays Were Blazing Through The Atmosphere Of The Earth, The Horizon Became Bright Orange, Gradually Passing Into All The Colors Of The Rainbow: From Light Blue To Dark Blue, To Violet And Then To Black. What An Indescribable Gamut Of Colors! Just Like The Paintings Of The Artist Nicholas Roerich.

I See Earth! It Is So Beautiful.

To Be The First To Enter The Cosmos, To Engage, Single-handed, In An Unprecedented Duel With Nature-could One Dream Of Anything More?

I Saw For The First Time The Earth's Shape. I Could Easily See The Shores Of Continents, Islands, Great Rivers, Folds Of The Terrain, Large Bodies Of Water. The Horizon Is Dark Blue, Smoothly Turning To Black. . . The Feelings Which Filled Me I Can Express With One Word-joy.