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
Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew… — Will Hurd Copy Share Image
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As a former Apollo astronaut, I think it's safe to say that SpaceX and the other commercial developers embody the 21st century… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
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Square astronaut, round hole. But somehow, I'd managed to push myself through it, and here was the truly amazing part: along the… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
On a sunny Tuesday - for it seems so many awful things happen on a Tuesday - six astronauts and one schoolteacher… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
On the day I started college in 1979, no woman had ever been on the United States Supreme Court or served as… — Dee Dee Myers 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
Astronauts will remain the explorers, the pioneers-the first to go back to moon and on to Mars. But I think it's really… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, people wanted to be an astronaut. Today, kids want to be famous, and that's totally the wrong… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
'What was being on the moon literally like?' [. . .] 'Being on the moon?' His tired gaze inspected the narrow street… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
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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
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
Ideas for stories come to me based on my life, so who knows? If somebody sends me to become an astronaut, that's… — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
First I believe that this Nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
As a kid, I knew I wanted to be either a cartoonist or an astronaut. The latter was never much of a… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
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I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I… — Mae Jemison 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
“At this point I thought 'We made it,' by which I meant 'We survived.' I also was acutely aware that my childhood… — Ron Garan Copy Share Image
My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
To me, fighting in Strikeforce was a dream, like saying 'I want to be an astronaut and go to the moon.' You… — Liz Carmouche Copy Share Image
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All things are true. God's an Astronaut. Oz is Over the Rainbow, and Midian is where the monsters live." - Peloquin — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
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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
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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'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
I got a hold of NASA, four times, I said, 'I want to become an astronaut.' But nobody would take me. I… — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
The whole Hubble program has just been a fabulous testament to the NASA science community and the NASA astronaut community. — Heidi Hammel Copy Share Image
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![“'What was being on the moon literally like?' [. . .] 'Being on the moon?' His tired gaze inspected the narrow street of cheap jewellery stores, with its office messengers and lottery touts, the off-duty taxi-drivers leaning against their cars. 'It was just like being here.'” quote by J. G. Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/j-g-ballard-2711_astronaut_what-was-being-on-the-moon-literally-lik_1365471.jpg)
