I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. — Leroy Chiao Demand Copy Share Image
I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Growing up in the 1960s, I can't remember a time when I wasn't fascinated by airplanes and rockets. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The United States ended the space shuttle program in 2011, after the ISS was complete. We gave up a national treasure forever. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am… — Leroy Chiao Nature Copy Share Image
I think there's all kinds of life out there, including intelligent life, but the reason we haven't found each other is because… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
You might have heard about a transformation that can occur when someone first sees Earth from space - how it becomes harder… — Leroy Chiao Change Copy Share Image
I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights… — Leroy Chiao Construction Copy Share Image
I always say getting my bachelor's was the single hardest thing I've done in my life. Once I got to university, I… — Leroy Chiao Bachelor Copy Share Image
I was a graduate student in 1984 when President Ronald Reagan called for the construction of a new space station. I knew… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut 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 Astronaut Copy Share Image
The only two countries who will be able to launch people into space will be Russia and China. I've seen the Russian… — Leroy Chiao Chance Copy Share Image
The current market cost for a space flight, about a week in space and about six people have gone with the Russians… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
One of the things, and the most exciting, actually definitely the most exciting thing is, having children. You know, I didn't have… — Leroy Chiao Adventure Copy Share Image
The thing that you worry about your first flight or any flight is some kind of a problem coming up that is… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
It was in the back of my mind, even while I was going to school, but it wasn't until I was at… — Leroy Chiao Engineering Copy Share Image
Where we're operating is orbital adventures. We would offer five to seven days in low Earth orbit aboard our own spacecraft where… — Leroy Chiao Adventure Copy Share Image
The most important thing about an astronaut is you have to take for a given a person's done pretty well in school,… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American.… — Leroy Chiao Better person Copy Share Image
We have self-assessment tools, computer-based tools to see how we are performing mentally in outer space and there's some also very interesting… — Leroy Chiao Acceptance Copy Share Image
That was in 1994, July, 1994, and I can remember that like it was yesterday too because it was the culmination of… — Leroy Chiao Childhood Copy Share Image
The training kicked in and we quickly went through our emergency procedures, I took manual control and I got the spacecraft under… — Leroy Chiao Book Copy Share Image
The Americans are still the leaders in human space flight. I feel we have a danger here of kind of stagnating. We're… — Leroy Chiao Ability Copy Share Image
I was an eight-year-old kid when I watched the first Apollo Moon Landing way back in 1969 and there was something about… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Cooperating in something as visible as space exploration and space flight can only improve relations between the two countries because what happens… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
You're very well trained for the spacewalk, so when you go outside, it's not like the movies. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
An eclipse is one phenomenon that is actually more impressive from the ground. — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
I was eight years old when I saw the Apollo moon landing in 1969. I was riveted. — Leroy Chiao Apollo Copy Share Image
