Astronaut Quote by Alan Shepard

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of…

— Duane G. Carey

Two months after I got out of test pilot school, I saw an advert that said NASA was recruiting more astronauts. The best job…

— Charles Duke

Somehow, I knew you had to have perfect eyesight to be a test pilot, and so that was it for my astronaut career.

— Paul Allen

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

— John L. Phillips

And So, I Was Not A Military Test Pilot, But As Soon As NASA Expressed An Interest In Flying Scientists & People Who Were…

— Story Musgrave

Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me.

— Sunita Williams

To become an astronaut is not a question of being the best at something or things coming easy to you, but it's being a…

— Michael J. Massimino

When I became an astronaut, I knew I wanted to pursue long-duration flight aboard the station. I knew it would be a just a…

— Shannon Walker

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

— Robert Crippen

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

— Dennis Quaid

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

— Sally Ride

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

— Jim Lovell