Harriet Tubman was an astronaut, traversing the south to the north by navigating the stars. — Sanford Biggers Copy Share Image
I know other astronauts share my feelings… And we know the government is sitting on hard evidence of UFOs. — Gordon Cooper Copy Share Image
From as young as I can remember, I wanted to be - in order - an astronaut, a geologist, and a biologist. — Kathleen Rubins Copy Share Image
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon. — Robert Duvall 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
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
When I'm a man, I will be an astronaut, and find Peter Pan on the second star on the right. — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The… — Charles Duke 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
During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
Somehow, I knew you had to have perfect eyesight to be a test pilot, and so that was it for my astronaut… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
I was a rough kid. And this is all I ever wanted to do. I never wanted to be an astronaut. I… — Caleb Plant Copy Share Image
The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth… — Alexey Leonov Copy Share Image
I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it's about that, not… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
Ben Affleck (who plays A.J. Frost) and I got to actually go into the neutral buoyancy tank in actual $10 million spacesuits… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Everywhere I go I meet girls and boys who want to be astronauts and explore space, or they love the ocean and… — Sally Ride 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
“He asked whether I wanted to become an astronaut and I said I did. He said that it was very difficult to… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
The basic thing you have to understand is everything that happens on that spaceship, from the time you crawl into that seat… — Ed Dwight Copy Share Image
As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I… — Brian Skerry Copy Share Image
In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bodies recovered. There has been a… — Edgar D. Mitchell 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
The powered flight took a total of about eight and a half minutes. It seemed to me it had gone by in… — Robert Crippen Copy Share Image
“That’s how I approach just about everything. I spend my life getting ready to play “Rocket Man.” I picture the most demanding… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
My advice for an aspiring astronaut is to really follow your passion. I mean, study something that interests you, but also qualifies… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I attended a big human space flight conference in Beijing and I was going as myself. And really, there weren't any NASA… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
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