Astronaut Quotes
If you end up doing what you are passionate about, the journey is so easy.
Rakesh Sharma
Indian pilot
Like most kids growing up, I had a very wide interest. I was interested in everything. I tried to take advantage of everything, from the sciences to music to writing to literature.
Michael P. Anderson
Astronaut
I'm urging NASA to foster the development of what I call 'runway landers.' No, that's not the name of a high stakes gambler from Vegas. It's a type of spacecraft that flies to orbit like the retiring Shuttles but then glides to a landing like an airplane on a runway. Just like the Shuttles do.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back.
Duane G. Carey
Astronaut
Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
People come up to me and say, 'It's too bad the space program got canceled.' This is not the case, and yet that is what most of the public thinks has happened.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
Kalpana Chawla
Indian-American astronaut
Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
Anytime I float by a window, I can tell whether the outside is lit or if it's dark outside. When we're working it's just day for us with the lights on inside.
Kevin A. Ford
retired United States Air Force
Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue.
Marc Garneau
Former Minister of Transport of Canada
We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects.
Laurel Clark
Astronaut
Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.
Jim Lovell
American astronaut
There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.
Ellen Ochoa
Director of the Johnson Space Center
If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
So much had already been done in space before that, it had all been documented and there were no real surprises in store for us.
Rakesh Sharma
Indian pilot
You can tell I'm not too bashful about some of my feelings.
Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut
Stars appear as pin-points of light. They don't twinkle there as they do when we see them from earth because the atmospheric blanket is not there.
Rakesh Sharma
Indian pilot
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