jtotheizzoe:

“If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can’t they fly in space?”

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. She accomplished the feat on this day, June 16, 1963.

“I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you.”

Liu Yang, China’s first female astronaut, who was carried into the cosmos today, June 16, 2012, 49 years later. Coincidence? I think not.

(via scienceetfiction)