I open my scuttle at night and see the far-sprinkled systems, All all I see multiplied as high as I can cipher… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark… — William Anders Copy Share Image
And as we know now, and as I pointed out many times, the great plume of fire at the bottom of the… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
It was a mind-blowing experience, it really was-absolutely an awesome thing. . . . As I got to the top I released… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since stars appear to be suns, and suns, according to the common opinion, are bodies that serve to enlighten, warm, and sustain… — William Herschel Copy Share Image
The fourth landing of the Columbia is the historical equivalent of the driving of the golden spike which completed the first transcontinental… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
No matter how vast, how total, the failure of man here on earth, the work of man will be resumed elsewhere. War… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Earth has provided a stable platform for the evolution of life over 4 billion years. But that lease is limited; we know… — Robert Shapiro Copy Share Image
For reasons of national security and out of consideration for some people still alive I have omitted certain material. Some of this… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I think it is interesting that we have come back to star- and space ships. Jet will do for a transport shorthand;… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
We used to joke about canned men, putting people in a can and seeing how far you can send them and bring… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
Our nation is indeed fortunate that we can still draw on an immense reservoir of courage, character, and fortitude, that we are… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] dimished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble,… — James Irwin Copy Share Image
Imagine we could accelerate continuously at 1 g-what we're comfortable with on good old terra firma-to the midpoint of our voyage, and… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Some people want to give money to their children, buy houses, go on a holiday - whatever it is that they want… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
It's really incumbent upon us as life's agents to extend life to another planet. I think that being a multi-planet species will… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
The Moon is essentially gray - no color - looks like plaster of paris - soft of gray sand. — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
The phenomenon of UFOs does exist, and it must be treated seriously. — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
The contemplation of celestial things will make a man both speak and think more sublimely and magnificently when he descends to human… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no… — William Anders Copy Share Image
We need to have people up there who can communicate what it feels like, not just pilots and engineers. — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
This most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o-erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something out into the - into… — Jim Lovell Copy Share Image
The vast majority of the shuttle program was a success. We learned so much about how a reusable spacecraft interacts with its… — Eileen Collins Copy Share Image
The route to the target is more important than the target. We are going to go for the target, but we enjoy… — Ilan Ramon Copy Share Image
Long flights give you more time to reflect, look around, experience your surroundings. I got to know the nooks and crannies on… — Michael Foale Copy Share Image
I know the stars are my home. I learned about them, needed them for survival in terms of navigation. I know where… — Gene Cernan Copy Share Image
We all confidently believe that there are at present, and have been from time immemorial, many worlds of life besides our own.… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his jealousy will… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Stargazing is one of the most profoundly human things one can do. But perhaps we must more frequently tear ourselves away from… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
In order for us to use the very best judgment possible in spending the taxpayer's money intelligently, we just have to do… — Wernher von Braun Copy Share Image
I saw for the first time the earth's shape. I could easily see the shores of continents, islands, great rivers, folds of… — Yuri Gagarin Copy Share Image
![“As we got further and further away, it [the Earth] dimished in size. Finally it shrank to the size of a marble, the most beautiful you can imagine. That beautiful, warm, living object looked so fragile, so delicate, that if you touched it with a finger it would crumble and fall apart. Seeing this…” quote by James Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8a4/james-irwin-74067_astronaut_as-we-got-further-and-further-away-it-th_531776.jpg)
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