By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
I've always been a bit of a space geek. I wrote an article years ago about the neutral buoyancy tank, which is… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts. The indications revealed. That few of us realize life is quite surreal” — Owl City Copy Share Image
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was living in a small town in Indiana working as a telemarketer and a vacuum salesman. I was really bad: the… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
It would be great some day to have astronauts in a rover on Mars. But just about anyone except an oil company… — Brad Sherman Copy Share Image
There are no wishy-washy astronauts. You don't get up there by being uncaring and blase. And whatever gave you the sense of… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile. — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
I remember in 1967, when there was that terrible fire on NASA's Apollo 1 rocket that killed three astronauts, my father made… — Jack W. Szostak Copy Share Image
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
If you read about the astronauts who went to the moon - the 12 who walked on it, and the others who… — James Gray Copy Share Image
So one thing that I want to do is to make people realize that astronauts in general are very normal people. They… — Luca Parmitano Copy Share Image
“It was a mission of celebration: never had two Mexican-Americans flown up in space on the same mission, and never did burritos… — Gustavo Arellano Copy Share Image
The astronauts put their lives at risk to help other people. There's a strength of belief in a person like that that… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Astronauts cannot pick their nicknames and can only get their nicknames from other astronauts. Any astronaut who tries to give himself a… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
“If we are to send people, it must be for a very good reason - and with a realistic understanding that almost… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Our astronauts, when they go orbiting around the earth, they actually come back slightly younger than a twin that they would have… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Some astronauts describe the routine flushing of urine into space, where the freezing temperatures turn the droplets into a cloud of bright,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Readers will recall that the little evidence collected seemed to point to the strange and confusing figure of an unidentified Air Force… — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
