Duane G. Carey

I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.

— Duane G. Carey

I consider myself to be very fortunate in my career, my timing has worked out.

— Duane G. Carey

You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do…

— Duane G. Carey

I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it…

— Duane G. Carey

Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.

— Duane G. Carey

That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's…

— Duane G. Carey

And, one thing I definitely enjoyed personally, from a selfish point of view, was exploration and going to places that I had…

— Duane G. Carey

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

— Duane G. Carey

Because when we're in space, my job is primarily getting us there and getting us back.

— Duane G. Carey

I had, before I went to college, I had taken a few years off after high school and really had, I guess…

— Duane G. Carey

There's been a tremendous amount of work that's been done that you can't see in Columbia.

— Duane G. Carey

Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us.

— Duane G. Carey

So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to…

— Duane G. Carey

So, whenever Scooter was the Pilot, he never had a chance to fly the orbiter. So, the joke is: I'm going to…

— Duane G. Carey

And, I was really impressed with how beautiful our country was and how friendly the people were.

— Duane G. Carey

And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

— Duane G. Carey

And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going…

— Duane G. Carey

You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.

— Duane G. Carey

One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me...…

— Duane G. Carey

Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe…

— Duane G. Carey

I see it as one of my jobs to make sure that, it sounds ridiculous, but to make sure the folks are…

— Duane G. Carey

So, we have to get up and get pumped up for each day.

— Duane G. Carey

And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on…

— Duane G. Carey

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.

— Duane G. Carey

Now you're coming back to Earth, and things are getting more and more dynamic.

— Duane G. Carey