With so much conflict in the world, space exploration can be a beacon of hope. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I first told my parents that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 3 years old. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
But every crew that makes it to orbit is lucky. Spaceflight's not easy. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
It's not a matter of if we're going to go to Mars, it's a matter of when. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
The training flow for the space station is a year-and-a-half to two years. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Rugby has surprisingly helped me a lot as an astronaut and when I'm training in the space suit. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
No one cares about race or religion or nationality in space travel. We're all just part of Team Human. — Anne McClain 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
The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
People are genuinely interested about what it's like to experience spaceflight and try to get some of our perspectives on it. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I grew up in Spokane, Washington, and I can't recall ever not wanting to be an astronaut. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
When somebody says I wanted to be an astronaut my question is 'Did you apply?' And most people say no. And to… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
The most uncomfortable thing about going to space is coming home. It's a little strange to get used to gravity again. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
When you are finally in space and you're finally looking back at Earth and you realize for the first time in your… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I think that my career and perhaps me being on the International Space Station can really show women and girls and everybody… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
The moon landing was such a magnificent accomplishment in U.S. space history. I think that boots on the moon was just one… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Fifty years after humans landed on the moon for the first time, America has driven a golden spike on the trail to… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Our bodies are the subject of many experiments, but these experiments on the space station sometimes take years because in order for… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Spaceflight gives us a chance to reflect on the context of our existence. We are reminded that we are human before any… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
We're using the space station as a test bed for some of the technologies that are going to enable us to work… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
My heart would race when I went to Pacific Science Center because I would pretend to be an astronaut, and now I… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Sometimes we focus too much on our differences, but when we all look up into space, we see the same stars and… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
In space, everything is dependent on everything else and one hiccup causes a lot of ripple effects. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I'm looking forward to getting to space, looking back to earth out the copula window. I think all of it is going… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
It's extremely humbling to look around the astronaut office, see how much experience there is, see how many lessons there are to… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
You get this overview effect where you realize how small we are and how fragile our planet is and how we're really… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I think the more people that can go up to space and look back is great, but it's not just this overview… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
I remember riding the Space Needle and going up in the elevator and being scared, but thinking, 'This is going to be… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
One of the coolest things to me about living in space was it really caused me to think about how the human… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Rugby has surprisingly helped me a lot as an astronaut and when I'm training in the space suit. — Anne McClain Copy Share
The astronaut corps is a very small part of a very large team that enables human spaceflight. — Anne McClain Copy Share
I first told my parents that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 3 years old. — Anne McClain Copy Share
The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better. — Anne McClain Copy Share
We go across lands, we go across water. And then the next logical step was to start flying just over a hundred years ago… — Anne McClain Copy Share
I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny. — Anne McClain Copy Share
When something looks really risky from the outside, what people are doing on the inside - they're not professional risk takers. But they're probably… — Anne McClain Copy Share
My favorite thing to see that I've been surprised at is watching the moon rises and moon sets that just move so fast it's… — Anne McClain Copy Share
The moon landing was such a magnificent accomplishment in U.S. space history. I think that boots on the moon was just one indicator of… — Anne McClain Copy Share
People are genuinely interested about what it's like to experience spaceflight and try to get some of our perspectives on it. — Anne McClain Copy Share
Every day is a good day when you're floating. Your whole life you spend walking around Earth and then all of a sudden you… — Anne McClain Copy Share
