She came over and looked at the picture. Then she took my hand. You know what that feels like? Like what the… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes. — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
It's a little surprising to me that I'm the first Houstonian to be an astronaut. — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
I want to launch a globe into space just to mess with the astronauts. — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
We must move into the universe. Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Astronauts were not the impulsive daredevils so dear to the stereopticonloving public. They couldn't afford to be. The hazards of the profession… — Eric Frank Russell Copy Share Image
I've met a lot of the astronauts, which was such an incredible experience. They're all very macho guys, like fighter pilots, but… — Lily Koppel Copy Share Image
Never in a million years would I have thought I could have been an astronaut candidate. — Jonny Kim Copy Share Image
About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
It was reported today that the machine on board the International Space Station that turns urine into drinking water has been fixed.… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
There's a lot of things I nerd out over. Quantum Mechanics. I also love Dungeons and Dragons. I want to be an… — Analeigh Tipton Copy Share Image
I've been lucky enough to do theatre, film, and television for a career. Unless I get offered a job as an astronaut,… — Dexter Fletcher 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 Copy Share Image
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't think you ever really decide that you want to be an astronaut. I put in an application and hoped for… — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
Tell your daughters and their daughters that if they want to be a firewoman, they can be a firewoman. If they want… — Kay Cannon Copy Share Image
If you look at astronauts closely, their eyes look kind of puffy. And it gives you this mild headache. But one of… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
It was feminism that made it possible for women to go to the Ivy League and women to be astronauts and women… — Debora Spar Copy Share Image
Suddenly, from behind the rim of the moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut. — Duane G. Carey Copy Share Image
When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going… — Frank Borman Copy Share Image
“Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out of a… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I have been privileged to be briefed and to know that we have been visited [by aliens]. I do not have first… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but by what your mind can imagine. — Ellison Onizuka Copy Share Image
