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Space Quotes by Chris Hadfield

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Floating food in a spacecraft reminds us that life up orbit is full of odd details. Chris Hadfield’s quotes show astronauts as methodical, detail‑oriented professionals, not just daring cowboys, and they stress that spaceflight is an extension of human culture, not only a thrill ride.

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From space, the Bahamas is the most beautiful place on Earth.

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Spaceflight isn't just about doing experiments, it's about an extension of human culture.

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I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.

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I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.

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I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.

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When I did my spacewalks, it was during space station construction. So the shuttle was docked to the fledgling ISS at the…

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The Moon has given us months, tides and a destination that ever-beckons. It's time we build a rocket and go to stay.

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As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.

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To be one of the world's top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn't have…

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And now for Return to Flight, I'm chief of robotics working in the astronaut office in Houston, as a Canadian.

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“Sometimes when people find out I’m an astronaut, they ask, “So what do you do when you’re not flying in space?”

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There is a sunrise or a sunset from space every 92 minutes so there is an incredible amount of beauty to see…

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In the late '60s, I was seven, eight, nine years old, and what was going on in the news at that time…

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Nothing focuses your mind quite like flying a jet. That's one reason NASA requires that astronauts fly T-38s: it forces us to…

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“They have the impression that between launches, we pretty much sit around in a waiting room in Houston trying to catch our…

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We have never lost a crew member on the space station, but of course, the Columbia accident. I was - I'd already…

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“An astronaut is someone who’s able to make good decisions quickly, with incomplete information, when the consequences really matter. I didn’t miraculously…

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It's a really big deal to do a spacewalk. It's much riskier than staying indoors. It's complex. It uses up a lot…

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There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of…

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You can't just ignore spacewalking suit; it partially defines the experience. So maybe the most difficult thing is becoming completely attuned to…

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Square astronaut, round hole. But somehow, I'd managed to push myself through it, and here was the truly amazing part: along the…

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“And I was also proud of living up to NASA’s belief that I was capable of commanding the world’s spaceship. On my…

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One Chief Astronaut used to make a point of phoning the front desk at the clinic where applicants are sent for medical…

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Still, I also know that most people, including me, tend to applaud the wrong things: the showy, dramatic record-setting sprint rather than…

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Other anatomical changes associated with long-duration space flight are definitely negative: the immune system weakens, the heart shrinks because it doesn't have…

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“Mission Control Center (MCC) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) has got to be one of the most formidable and intellectually stimulating…

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“Astronauts have these qualities not because we’re smarter than everyone else (though let’s face it, you do need a certain amount of…

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“When we finally head outside to walk toward the big silver Astro van that will take us to the launch pad, it’s…

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In all of the movie portrayals, a spacewalking suit seems sort of insignificant, like a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. No…

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“If you’re an adrenaline junkie, I understand why you’d find that exciting. But I’m not, and I don’t. To me, the only…

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“On the Soyuz, there’s simply not room to fly someone whose main contribution is expertise in a single area. The Russian rocket…

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The cool things about space is when you put your pants on here, you can put them on two legs at a…

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You can get claustrophobia and agoraphobia - a fear of wide, open spaces - simultaneously on a spacewalk.

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Space is not a good place to mix foods because as soon as you take something out of the package, it becomes…

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“Fifty percent of the risk of a catastrophic failure during a long-duration space mission occurs in the first 10 minutes after liftoff.”

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If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space…

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“An astronaut is someone who’s able to make good decisions quickly, with incomplete information, when the consequences really matter.”

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Ever since I was nine years old and I watched Neil and Buzz walk on the moon, I have felt passionately that…

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The beauty of the space station, and of human spaceflight, is that it is now at a level of maturity where you…

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I'm really looking forward to it, if you can imagine floating weightless, watching the world pour by through the big bay window…

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“Wow, that was a really good sleep. I feel great. Hmm, that sounds like someone on the radio; maybe I’m still dreaming. Weird—the guy…

“Sometimes when people find out I’m an astronaut, they ask, “So what do you do when you’re not flying in space?”

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“Many people object to “wasting money in space” yet have no idea how much is actually spent on space exploration. The CSA’s budget, for…

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The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before…

“They have the impression that between launches, we pretty much sit around in a waiting room in Houston trying to catch our breath before…

It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't for thrills…

“If you’re an adrenaline junkie, I understand why you’d find that exciting. But I’m not, and I don’t. To me, the only good reason…

I once made myself black out by pulling G too quickly while flying an F-18. Being unconscious in a single-seat airplane is not good.…

“When you have some skills but don’t fully understand your environment, there is no way you can be a plus one.”

Anticipating problems and figuring out how to solve them is actually the opposite of worrying: it's productive.

I think there are lots of ways to exercise ambition and accomplish things using leadership without going into elected politics. So, categorically, I have…