Anything from making a mistake on an experiment that would ruin some scientist on earth's experiment - career, potentially - to doing… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
When you talk to astronauts, the most profound thing when you finally go into space is the view - looking back at… — Jeremy Hansen Copy Share Image
The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I can only wonder what astronauts must feel like or something like that when you're really in the space of silence and… — DJ Spooky 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
I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was… — Alan G. Poindexter Copy Share Image
What struck me most was the silence. It was a great silence, unlike any I have encountered on Earth, so vast and… — Alexey Leonov Copy Share Image
I didn't really realize that writing... would be fun and people would pay you to do it. Being an astronaut is a… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music. — Future Copy Share Image
We needed a "psychenaut" program to be the opposite of the astronaut program in order to explore the enormous domains and dimensions… — Jean Houston 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
Being an astronaut, there are not a lot of things that have really shocked me in my life. — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
There are millions of people out there who would love to become astronauts, who'd love to go to space - they'd love… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
After years of training [as astronaut], you have great confidence in the technology. When you get in your car, you probably feel… — Ulrich Walter Copy Share Image
I've been asked about UFOs and I've said publicly I thought they were somebody else, some other civilization. — Gene Cernan Copy Share Image
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People tend to think astronauts have the courage of a superhero - or maybe the emotional range of a robot. But in… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had… — Leroy Chiao 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
Sometimes people ask me how difficult the astronaut program was, but being in Sierra Leone, being responsible for the health of more… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
“Also I didn't have 20/20 vision which you needed to be a pilot. But I said you could still want something that… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
When I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, it was like saying I wanted to be an astronaut. Not… — David Morrissey Copy Share Image
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