Astronaut Quote by Alan G. Poindexter

I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

— Jim Lovell

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted…

— Mark Kelly

After high school in 1969, I was appointed to the Air Force Academy. In '73, I studied for my postgraduate degree and became a…

— Chesley Sullenberger

I spent one semester in Air Force ROTC, as I wanted to be a pilot.

— Katie Jacobs Stanton

My whole life, I wanted to be a fighter pilot; it's what I wanted to do. I set up all of my classes for…

— Mike Vogel

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air…

— Leon Askin

Growing up in the shadow of Johnson Space Center and moving to Texas to welcome our last moon mission home, I wanted to be…

— Pete Olson

My father was a fighter pilot, so I moved around the world when I was young. Then I ended up in Kansas.

— Patty Jenkins

I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot.

— Mikie Sherrill

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went…

— Chuck Yeager

Always wanted to be an Air Force pilot. I must admit that was my dream.

— Mayank Agarwal

I was a Air Force kid. I got out of high school and I decided to join the military. I traveled and I was…

— Donnis