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
We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the… — Marc Garneau Copy Share Image
The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking… — John L. Phillips Copy Share Image
You know something I could really do without? The Space Shuttle. ... It's irresponsible. The last thing we should be doing is… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In my mind I needed a symbol of today's technology, and I realized that what I wanted to photograph was the Space… — John Sexton Copy Share Image
If you gave kids peas that didn’t look like peas and said they were a space shuttle, they’re much more apt to… — Hod Lipson Copy Share Image
One word Id use to describe space is lonely. The only way Ill board a space shuttle is if I had a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also going to be teaching a class for… — Christa McAuliffe Copy Share Image
“Three years after the United States ended the space shuttle program, the American space agency today announced the return of “human space… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If I were sure I would pass the physicals, I would be on the next space shuttle to Mars or some other… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
I would still like to go up in the space shuttle. It's appalling that the accident happened, but it was an accident… — Colin Baker Copy Share Image
“Space Shuttle toilets have always been mounted on the floor, but you would not call them normal. The original shuttle toilet bowl… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Did You Know? The 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the Chernobyl nuclear accident have… — Brett Blumenthal Copy Share Image
In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded and crashed down to Earth less than two minutes after takeoff. The cause of that… — David Autor Copy Share Image
When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
On the wall of his rehabilitation room was a picture of the space shuttle blasting off, autographed by every astronaut now at… — Christopher Reeve Copy Share Image
“Consider this!” Edmond declared. “It took early humans over a million years to progress from discovering fire to inventing the wheel. Then… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
“The Congresswoman was depressed by the fact that a woman of her standing could no longer count on making it to the… — Gabrielle Giffords Copy Share Image
It was hard to become an astronaut. Not anywhere near as much physical training as people imagine, but a lot of mental… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
That was in 1994, July, 1994, and I can remember that like it was yesterday too because it was the culmination of… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
“To be an engineer, and build a marvelous machine, and to see the beauty of its operation is as valid an experience… — Calvin C. Clawson Copy Share Image
Louis Caldera, the White House Aide who authorized the controversial photograph of Air Force One over Manhattan resigned on Friday. May I… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
“One word I’d use to describe space is lonely. The only way I’ll board a space shuttle is if I had a… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried… — Robert Crippen Copy Share Image
Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily… — Ellen Ochoa Copy Share Image
Better not take a dog on the space shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home, his face… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
We have fans that circulate air in the cabin of the module of the space shuttle. They're running all the time. They're… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
“We passed a boy’s room, decorated with a space theme. Jackson’s light shone over wallpaper depicting the galaxy and intricate mobiles of… — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“Jeff Ashby, a NASA space shuttle commander who has flown more than four hundred orbits around Earth, says that “expedition behavior—being selfless,… — Adam M. Grant Copy Share Image
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able… — Douglas Coupland 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
One day I'd love to hire a space shuttle fly in to space and hover above the earths atmosphere. Just so I… — Ryan Swain Copy Share Image
When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating… — Sally Ride Copy Share Image
Chernobyl happened in April of 1986. A few months earlier, in January 1986, the Challenger space shuttle exploded. It did not have… — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
I know how to learn anything I want to learn. I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space… — Will Smith Copy Share Image
Going into orbit around Earth - where the space station is today, and where the space shuttles and John Glenn and all… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
By 1931, after a few years' experience of flying scheduled airlines, those planes were operating at roughly 600 times the safety of… — Burt Rutan 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
“If you ever care to see how all the world’s most awful jokes spread, spend a day on a bond trading desk.… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
