High school Quote by Allison Schroeder

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I…

— Christa McAuliffe

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

— Sally Ride

I was either going to be an actor, a Naval aviator, or a pediatric surgeon. Those were the three things that I wanted to…

— Milo Ventimiglia

I went to school at night in L.A. to brush up on my engineering while I applied to the astronaut program. I really did…

— Mae Jemison

I ended up going to Harvard College, which was about as likely in my neighborhood as going to the moon.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

When I got to college, I discovered how many incredible opportunities NASA offered students pursuing a career in the space industry.

— Emily Calandrelli

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

— Joel Embiid

By the time I finished high school, I knew I wanted to become an astronomer. By the time I finished college, I knew I…

— Carolyn Porco

When I was in Class Four, I wanted to be an astronaut. I am still fascinated with the universe. I decided I wanted to…

— Rajkummar Rao

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in…

— Robert Crippen

I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because…

— Jim Lovell

I would go in the university stacks and pull out books like 'Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II' when I was 12 or…

— Paul Allen