“We’re astronauts. All of the expedition members have been astronauts.” — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
“The Challenger was the first American spacecraft to carry astronauts but have no escape system.” — Hugh Harris Copy Share Image
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To be healthy in modern society, you must adopt the behaviors of an astronaut!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
We had been told many times that astronauts would not make any mistakes. They were trained to be perfect. — Margaret H. Hamilton Copy Share Image
At no time, when the astronauts were in space were they alone, there was a constant surveillance by UFOs. — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image
The biggest technical challenge to sending astronauts on farther and longer missions is biomedical: How do we keep them healthy? — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
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
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
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 remember when I was 12, talking with my friends about what we wanted to do with our lives, astronauts, forensic detectives,… — Tony Revolori Copy Share Image
It is only by freeing NASA from routine human transport to low-Earth orbit that we can afford to once again see American… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest to the USA to bring their astronauts to the International Space Station… — Dmitry Rogozin 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
I destroyed all my geek stuff because I didn't want to be a geek, and I regret it to this day. Consumed… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
“When the sun grew hot, they returned indoors where they continued to float through their lives like a pair of astronauts, defying… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
“The situation was clear: They were two astronauts on a cold planet. He was, for his part, a gentle dissembler, a dodgy… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I'm sure we would not have had men on the Moon if it had not been for Wells and Verne and the… — Arthur C. Clarke 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
I am deeply grieved by the loss of the crew of Columbia. I express my sincere condolences to the families and friends… — Valentina Tereshkova Copy Share Image
“When I review my travels among the astronauts, my mind's eye goes first to the Houston shopping mall where Alan Bean sat… — Andrew Smith Copy Share Image
“The Republic of Venice used to boast that, in the space of three months, it could know all the events of the… — Pope John Paul I Copy Share Image
Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
I attended a big human space flight conference in Beijing and I was going as myself. And really, there weren't any NASA… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
The Americans are still the leaders in human space flight. I feel we have a danger here of kind of stagnating. We're… — Leroy Chiao 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
One Chief Astronaut used to make a point of phoning the front desk at the clinic where applicants are sent for medical… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
“While there, I was somewhat surprised to learn that our next foray into space would include an orbiter with wings and with… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Russia will have a woman in space before the United States calls for a crash program for women astronauts. — Wally Funk Copy Share Image
