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 could have gone on flying through space forever.

I feel fine. How about you?

I am watching the Earth. The visibility is good. I feel well and cheerful. The machine is functioning normally.

I see Earth! It is so beautiful.

Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation.

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!