Experience Quote by Anne McClain

As an astronaut, when you're getting ready to go out of that hatch, you know that's the pinnacle of both your career and your…

— Thomas Marshburn

In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed…

— Linda M. Godwin

The great thing about being an astronaut is you kind of get to do a little bit of everything. I mean, we're going to…

— David M. Brown

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

Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.

— Julie Payette

Most of my family and friends are very familiar with the human space flight program and with the excitement of becoming an astronaut.

— Shannon Walker

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

— William Shatner

I don't think you ever really decide that you want to be an astronaut. I put in an application and hoped for the best.

— Kathleen Rubins

Any astronaut can tell you you've got to do everything you can to learn about your life support system and then do everything you…

— Sylvia Earle

It's been fun doing interviews with the other astronauts, getting to hear: 'Oh, that's how he explains it' or 'That's how she thinks about…

— Peggy Whitson

The astronauts put their lives at risk to help other people. There's a strength of belief in a person like that that we should…

— Rudy Giuliani

Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a…

— Ellen Ochoa