NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage. — Marc Garneau Copy Share Image
While working among the little plants of the far places of the world we forget the narrowness of our own orbit. — Louise Wilder Copy Share Image
Phil Taylor's got the consistency of a planet ... and he's in a darts orbit! — Sid Waddell Copy Share Image
Man and the earth move in orbits: what they did before, they will do again. — Austin O'Malley Copy Share Image
The orbit of human vision has widened and art has annexed fresh territories that were formerly denied to it. — Max Bill Copy Share Image
Knowledge was always the power that kept the Universe in its place and the stars turning in their orbits. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
But every crew that makes it to orbit is lucky. Spaceflight's not easy. — Anne McClain Copy Share Image
Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
My work at MIT had focused on what we could build in space once we had inexpensive space transportation and industrial facilities… — K. Eric Drexler Copy Share Image
I know without needing to hear the voice of the Creator that the stars trace out in space the orbits which His… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
I've been very happy with Orbit and am thrilled that they're giving me more chances to explore my creative visions. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“Those are the things in the water that keep the moon in orbit. I've never quite understood just how they work. You… — Matthew Goldman Copy Share Image
In five billion years, the sun will expand and engulf our orbit as the charred ember that was once Earth vaporizes. Have… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
We all want to break our orbits, float like a satellite gone wild in space, run the risk of disintegration. We all… — David Bottoms Copy Share Image
At present the globe goes with a shattered constitution in its orbit… No doubt the simple powers of nature, properly directed by… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As they embrace, she kisses him full on the mouth. And suddenly sticks her tongue right in. She has done this before,… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Suns are extinguished or become corrupted, planets perish and scatter across the wastes of the sky; other suns are kindled, new planets… — Baron d'Holbach Copy Share Image
I think a colony in space will take much longer than sci fiction writers think. It costs $10,000 to put a pound… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The miniaturization of electronics, which ultimately was driven by the marketplace, was started by NASA, because it costs money to get something… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
If the moon and earth were not retained in their orbits by their animal force or some other equivalent, the earth would… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
What would happen if the moon were not there? Then our tilt could swing wildly over a large range, resulting in major… — Guillermo Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I think the fact that they all served under her as a president is a strong pull. Here's a perfect example: George… — David Mandel Copy Share Image
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
Most things are forgotten over time. Even the war itself, the life-and-death struggle people went through, is now like something from the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
New Yorkers love the bigness -- the skyscrapers, the freedom, the lights. But they also love it when they can carve out… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Maybe that's what growing up means, in the end - you go far enough in the direction of - somewhere - and… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
This success permits us to hope that after thirty or forty years of observation on the new Planet [Neptune], we may employ… — Urbain Le Verrier Copy Share Image
The sea erupted. Often the sea and land changed places. The immobility of contours of continents and seas, a dogma in geology,… — Immanuel Velikovsky Copy Share Image
. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can't realize you're in a bad mood until another person enters your orbit. — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
Like a satellite in orbit, Apple is perpetually falling. It just happens to miss Earth every time. — Horace Dediu Copy Share Image
Remember, I am not trying to orbit the earth. It is a simple elevator ride for 20 minutes. — Brian Walker Copy Share Image
There's almost no gravity at the surface. If you were standing on [the surface], you could jump into orbit. — Donald E. Brownlee Copy Share Image
We'll go into orbit. We'll go to the Moon. This business has no limits. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
No one knows how to make going to orbit orders of magnitude safer and orders of magnitude more affordable. — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image