Astronaut Quote by Anne McClain

“I grew up in Spokane, Washington, and I can't recall ever not wanting to be an astronaut.”

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Rugby has surprisingly helped me a lot as an astronaut and when I'm training in the space suit.

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The astronaut corps is a very small part of a very large team that enables human spaceflight.

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I first told my parents that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 3 years old.

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The folks at NASA really look at the world and try to envision how things can be better.

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We go across lands, we go across water. And then the next logical step was to start flying just over a hundred years ago…

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I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny.

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When something looks really risky from the outside, what people are doing on the inside - they're not professional risk takers. But they're probably…

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My favorite thing to see that I've been surprised at is watching the moon rises and moon sets that just move so fast it's…

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The moon landing was such a magnificent accomplishment in U.S. space history. I think that boots on the moon was just one indicator of…

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We're not up here visiting space, we're up here living in space.

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It's not a matter of if we're going to go to Mars, it's a matter of when.

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Army astronauts have a very proud legacy in the astronaut program.

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My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result…

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