Get the shuttle out of the garage. It's in its prime of its life. How could we just put it away? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The money that could have saved the Shuttle, and the money we send to random countries, that we use to remake unchangeable… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International… — Marc Garneau Copy Share Image
Manned spaceflight has lost its glamour - understandably so, because it hardly seems inspiring, 40 years after Apollo, for astronauts merely to… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
When I did my spacewalks, it was during space station construction. So the shuttle was docked to the fledgling ISS at the… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
The space shuttle was designed, at least in part, to broaden our knowledge of the universe. To scientists, the vehicle was a… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Every astronaut flew into space for a living. But while NASA has not solved the security problems, I would not put me… — Ulrich Walter Copy Share Image
Our shuttle crew is four people, because we're going to transfer a crew up to station, so all the jobs are divided… — Linda M. Godwin Copy Share Image
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
A lot of these things will fly in later forms on the space station themselves, or a later form of that research… — Linda M. Godwin Copy Share Image
In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in… — Chris Hadfield Copy Share Image
We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to… — Lincoln Davis Copy Share Image
In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule… — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
The thing I remember most about space is the view from the spacewalk. When I was inside the space shuttle and looking… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though,… — Mark Kelly Copy Share Image
It would be sad if the expertise built up during the 40 years of the U.S. and Russian manned programmes were allowed… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
My job during the EVAs, the spacewalks, is to act as the inside coordinator. I remain on the aft flight deck of… — Alan G. Poindexter Copy Share Image
I had been here five years already, training very hard, learning about the systems, the shuttle, the station systems. But, everything really… — Philippe Perrin Copy Share Image
Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“The space shuttle Challenger disaster was a classic example of what happens when engineers are overruled by incompetent managers.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“Now he sat alone; on a disabled starship about fifty years from anywhere on conversion drive – assuming he still had that.… — Christina Engela Copy Share Image
“Did you know that in space it's very, very cold? And there's no oxygen? And if an astronaut fell out of a… — Huntley Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
I've been on 26 space missions; they range from suborbital to orbital to shuttle experiments to planetary missions. — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
