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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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
I had always wanted to pursue music. It was always a dream, but it was always a dream in the sense of,… — Eric Nam 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
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
There was a point in my life where I either wanted to be an astronaut, an actor, a veterinarian, or a pirate.… — Emily Bett Rickards Copy Share Image
It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young… — Sally Ride 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
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
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
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 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
My parents are from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I feel like it's an old Southern thing where people say that, as a kid,… — Elvis Mitchell 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
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
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
“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
“Mir astronaut Jerry Linenger writes in his memoir that he was surprised to find a bottle of cognac in one arm of… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
I originally wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. Then I had this huge fear of black holes because… — Paris Jackson 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
NASA is developing space taxis to shuttle astronauts to the International Space Station. And just like New York taxis, they're all going… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
Ancient astronauts didn't build the pyramids. Human beings built the pyramids, because they're clever and they work hard. — Gene Roddenberry 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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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)
