How many actresses get to say that they played an astronaut? Those roles don't come easy. — Pooja Batra Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. I grew up in Houston. Gordo Cooper was my favorite astronaut. — Dennis Quaid Copy Share Image
Before I settled on music, I wanted to be an archaeologist, an astronaut, all sorts of really diverse things. — Joan Jett Copy Share Image
I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut. — Mark Haddon 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
I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
“From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the… — Ed Mitchell Copy Share Image
From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the… — Liu Yang Copy Share Image
“I saw sunrises fade and burn among fleets of sparks. The moon blossomed like a lily carved of bone... The Death of… — Lewis Turco Copy Share Image
Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts.… — Christa McAuliffe Copy Share Image
I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got… — Robert Crippen 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
“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
The advice I was given was just to make sure you look out of the window occasionally. It's something no astronaut ever… — Helen Sharman Copy Share Image
At every step of the way, when I had trouble, there were people that came in, in my life that helped me.… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather… — Taylor Wang Copy Share Image
There was a point in my life where I either wanted to be an astronaut, an actor, a veterinarian, or a pirate.… — Emily Bett Rickards Copy Share Image
Canada needs individuals to whom educators can point, and of whom we can be proud, whether athletes or astronauts or anything else.… — Roberta Bondar Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an astronaut and wanted to go to space camp, but then I found out that I was too… — Soleil Moon Frye Copy Share Image
As an astronaut, when you're getting ready to go out of that hatch, you know that's the pinnacle of both your career… — Thomas Marshburn 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
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
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 Copy Share Image
One Chief Astronaut used to make a point of phoning the front desk at the clinic where applicants are sent for medical… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
I had a lot of things I wanted to do… I want to be a teacher…I also want to be an astronaut…and… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
“Grand Turk Island is so named because it is the largest island in the Turks Islands, which is the smaller of the… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
In less than 70 hours, three astronauts will be launched on the flight of Apollo 8 from the Cape Kennedy Space Center… — Jerome F. Lederer 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 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 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
