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
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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
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 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
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
Constantly working outward, putting system after system inside the known universe, they were the bright hungry wave of mankind reaching out to… — Algis Budrys Copy Share Image
A Chinese tale tells of some men sent to harm a young girl who, upon seeing her beauty, become her protectors rather… — Taylor Wang Copy Share Image
When I was younger, humans went to the moon when I was about 4 years old, and I imagined that as I… — Andrew J. Feustel Copy Share Image
Mental fitness is obviously important to being an astronaut, but so it physical fitness. For example, space walks are extremely physically demanding.… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
No matter that astronauts and cosmonauts had perished in precisely designed and carefully tested machines. Solid engineering could always provide a safety… — William E. Burrows Copy Share Image
I think professional cosmonaut trainer in fact said that we are the only two [with Damian Kulash ] he found fit to… — Trish Sie 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
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
'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
“I was not surprised to find the poor were protesting the extravagant expense of the Moon landing back in the 1960’s.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Modern neuroimaging is like asking an astronaut in the space shuttle to look out the window and judge how America is doing. — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
If there'd been an astronaut on the moon right then, I'm sure I could have seen him. Perhaps he could have looked… — Lucy Christopher Copy Share Image
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And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the… — Duane G. Carey Copy Share Image
My heart would race when I went to Pacific Science Center because I would pretend to be an astronaut, and now I… — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
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I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity… — Duane G. Carey Copy Share Image
If you look, like, in 1960, there was no such thing as an astronaut. It was a totally fanciful concept, but nine… — Travis Beacham Copy Share Image
Spacemen - men who work in space, pilots and jetmen and astrogators and such - are men who like a few million… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Astronauts have been stuck in low-Earth orbit, boldly going nowhere. American attempts to kick-start a new phase of lunar exploration have stalled… — Paul Davies 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
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Being a rock & roll star has become as legitimate a career option as being an astronaut or a policeman or a fireman. — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
I wanted to become an astronaut because I believe that the exploration of space by humans is extremely important. — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
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I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
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![“After years of training [as astronaut], you have great confidence in the technology. When you get in your car, you probably feel safe too, even though thousands of people die in car crashes every year.” quote by Ulrich Walter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/ulrich-walter-56755_astronaut_after-years-of-training-as-astronaut-you_296482.jpg)
![“I think professional cosmonaut trainer in fact said that we are the only two [with Damian Kulash ] he found fit to be astronauts, which is ridiculous because we are far from fit from being astronauts. So you can imagine what was going on up there.” quote by Trish Sie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/trish-sie-68003_astronaut_i-think-professional-cosmonaut-trainer-i_2654047.jpg)
![“'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)
