My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do,… — Metro Boomin Copy Share Image
It's almost comical that astronauts are stereotyped as daredevils and cowboys. As a rule, we're highly methodical and detail-oriented. Our passion isn't… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
The world looks marvelous from up here, so peaceful, so wonderful and so fragile. Everybody, all of us down there, not only… — Ilan Ramon 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
Clearly, when I first started talking about the fact that I wanted to be an astronaut, I was in primary school, so… — Julie Payette 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
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
I've never had a musical career. So I think it's been unaffected. I play the accordion. In terms of thinking of it… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Growing up, people will tell you that you have a better chance to become an astronaut than becoming an NBA player. So… — Clyde Drexler Copy Share Image
The library was home away from home to my mom, and my family. We had spent every Sunday afternoon there since I… — Kami Garcia 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
By 2025 we expect new spacecraft designed for long journeys to allow us to begin the first ever crewed missions beyond the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life I saw the horizon as a curved line. It was accentuated by a thin seam… — Ulf Merbold Copy Share Image
When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Astronauts have these qualities not because we’re smarter than everyone else (though let’s face it, you do need a certain amount of… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .'… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me… — Ulrich Walter Copy Share Image
You can be an astronaut, knowing it can be super dangerous but understand intuitively what the risk issues are. Not having the… — Steve Young Copy Share Image
Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives. — Ellen Ochoa Copy Share Image
“I think the best time to stare off into space is when you’re going 65 on a motorcycle, provided you’re wearing your… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I remember reading about Mae Jemison, that astronaut. That was immensely fantastic to me. This woman went to the moon! — Juliana Rotich Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, they'd say, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" kids would go Wonder Woman,… — Terri Irwin Copy Share Image
I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts… — Shannon Lucid Copy Share Image
For the first time American astronauts on the International Space Station ate vegetables grown in space. In other words, even space is… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice,… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
NASA appreciates the efforts of Congress to resolve restrictions placed on our partnership with Russia. Congress' action helps to ensure the continuous… — Michael D. Griffin Copy Share Image
David will never go to space again. I'm glad.What did it gain the McQuarries? What has it ever gained men? Have men… — Leigh Brackett Copy Share Image
In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things… — Linda M. Godwin Copy Share Image
And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
A NASA astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut can't be creative. He has to follow a predetermined detailed checklist written by an engineer… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
My feelings are 'Godspeed, John Glenn.' But I feel badly that he took a spot away from a young astronaut who had… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
When I became an astronaut, I knew I wanted to pursue long-duration flight aboard the station. I knew it would be a… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
There was a small window when I wanted to be an astronaut. It may have coincided with not getting cast in a… — Patrick J. Adams Copy Share Image
You think you want to be an astronaut, and then after a while you're a geo-major for whatever reason. That's just the… — Rob Brown Copy Share Image
I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all… — Leroy Chiao 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
Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow.… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
President Obama is launching a new $6 billion space policy that will ultimately take astronauts to Mars. Of course, it's $6 billion… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
As I got closer it looked like a weather balloon, gray and about three feet in diameter. But as soon as I… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
