I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
Then he asked if I didn’t like things changing. And I said I wouldn’t mind things changing if I became an astronaut,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Everybody knows what the moon is, everybody knows what this decade is, and everybody can tell a live astronaut who returned from… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The biggest honor is to be an astronaut. It's such a tremendous privilege to be able to represent humankind in our quest… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're… — David M. Brown Copy Share Image
Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let… — Kalpana Chawla Copy Share Image
I'm just a big boy, I'm still just playing cowboys and Indians and astronaut and baseball player and all that stuff that… — Bryan Cranston Copy Share Image
My mental boundaries expanded when I viewed the Earth against a black and uninviting vacuum, yet my country's rich traditions had conditioned… — Rakesh Sharma Copy Share Image
The purpose of going to Mars is for humans to first begin to occupy, permanently, another planet in the solar system. The… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I'm not making light of prayers here, but of so-called school prayer, which bears as much resemblance to real spiritual experienceas that… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
My quest to expand access to space began more than a decade ago, when I teamed up with Burt Rutan at Scaled… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs… — Adam Savage Copy Share Image
Growing up in the shadow of Johnson Space Center and moving to Texas to welcome our last moon mission home, I wanted… — Pete Olson Copy Share Image
I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
I saw this film Moon, it's directed by Duncan Jones, David Bowie's son. Sam Rockwell plays this astronaut that is stuck in… — Kelcey Ayer Copy Share Image
The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
As a child, I wanted to be an astronaut, then a fighter pilot, and then later, as I grew up, I was… — Taapsee Pannu Copy Share Image
I seriously feel like Bowie was an astronaut who went into space and experienced things and brought back these... treasures. — Robyn Copy Share Image
I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't… — David M. Brown Copy Share Image
To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
On the return trip home, gazing through 240,000 miles of space toward the stars and the planet from which I had come,… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
It's very dangerous to put astronauts on a moon base where there's radiation, solar flares and micro meteorites. It'd be much better… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The successful golfers - they're like astronauts or pilots. They have that demeanor that they can focus and stay within that one… — Ray Romano Copy Share Image
I'd love to go to America - I'd love to be an astronaut. I'd love to just do loads of different crazy… — Charlotte Crosby Copy Share Image
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
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
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
“After an orange cloud — formed as a result of a dust storm over the Sahara and caught up by air currents… — Vladimir Kovalyov Copy Share Image
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
Astronauts are the only kind of celebrity I know who can have a line of people waiting for their autograph, even if… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I was always interested in writing from an early age, but it seemed so far away and inconceivable, like wanting to be… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the… — Liu Yang Copy Share Image
“From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the… — Ed Mitchell Copy Share Image
“I saw sunrises fade and burn among fleets of sparks. The moon blossomed like a lily carved of bone... The Death of… — Lewis Turco Copy Share Image
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
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
To be one of the world's top space robotic arm operators is a necessary skill for an astronaut, but it doesn't have… — Chris Hadfield 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
“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
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