Houston is where I grew up and luckily I didn't have to go far to pursue my dream of becoming an astronaut. — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
I think it's reasonable: you can own your nerd credibility when you're an astronaut. — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
I want to launch a globe into space just to mess with the astronauts. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of astronaut movies…Mostly Star Wars. And even Han and Chewie use a checklist. — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Is there any other job that beats being an astronaut? Who didn't want to be an astronaut? That is my question. — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
The hardest thing for me as an astronaut was to improve my swimming skills. — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an… — Christa McAuliffe Copy Share Image
Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
Where is everybody? Humans could theoretically colonize the galaxy in a million years or so, and if they could, astronauts from older… — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Although as a boy I had dreamed about going into space, I had completely forgotten about that until one day I received… — David M. Brown Copy Share Image
As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
“My experiences in the Astronaut Corps had taught me that you never know what will happen from day to day. It’s best… — Leland Melvin Copy Share Image
It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
“He said that it was very difficult to become an astronaut. I said that I knew. You had to become an officer… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
My parents are from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I feel like it's an old Southern thing where people say that, as a kid,… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
I can only wonder what astronauts must feel like or something like that when you're really in the space of silence and… — DJ Spooky Copy Share Image
In a big picture sense, it's more national prestige that we're risking. You know, we are proud of our space program, but… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it… — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
“I expected a dozen people packed into our cabin again but it’s only her and Ben, the guy with the buzz cut… — Veronica Rossi Copy Share Image
The dark dangerous forest is still there, my friends. Beyond the space of the astronauts and the astronomers, beyond the dark, tangled… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
Space is our tool to take care of the world. From space, we know the Earth is fragile, and we can follow… — David Saint-Jacques Copy Share Image
The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in… — Robert Crippen Copy Share Image
The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
“Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bodies recovered. There has been a… — Edgar D. Mitchell Copy Share Image
I try to be the best husband and father I possibly can. And it doesn't mean I get to spend as much… — Rick Husband Copy Share Image
“«I flew the company’s last trip. The shuttle was packed with people not returning to Earth. They’d decided to spend the rest… — Margrét Helgadóttir Copy Share Image
The astronaut corps is a very small part of a very large team that enables human spaceflight. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
"What's the next thing that's going to kill me?" is a mantra for pilots and astronauts. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
I wanted to apply to the astronaut program after the Challenger accident — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“Which astronaut wears the biggest helmet? A: The one with the biggest head!” — Johnny B. Laughing Copy Share Image
Now, as an astronaut, I have to bring a Sharpie with me everywhere - so I have a pen to sign autographs. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
