In order to do anything worthwhile, one must take calculated risks. — Leroy Chiao Anything Copy Share Image
Growing up in the 1960s, I can't remember a time when I wasn't fascinated by airplanes and rockets. — Leroy Chiao 1960s Copy Share Image
You're very well trained for the spacewalk, so when you go outside, it's not like the movies. — Leroy Chiao Go Copy Share Image
Science does not just drive space travel - space travel also drives science. — Leroy Chiao Does Copy Share Image
Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am… — Leroy Chiao Nature Copy Share Image
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights… — Leroy Chiao Construction Copy Share Image
I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore… — Leroy Chiao Flight Copy Share Image
I'm skeptical of claims that we've been visited by aliens from another planet or other dimension, but I don't rule it out… — Leroy Chiao Aliens Copy Share Image
I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
When I was at NASA, I had a house on a small private airstrip that we shared between the flying community. I… — Leroy Chiao Airplane Copy Share Image
I think it's good to have competition. Now we have a third country that can launch astronauts, so it's good for all… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
Donald Trump's administration is floating a proposal to return to the moon - and to shut down the International Space Station to… — Leroy Chiao Good Copy Share Image
There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
You might have heard about a transformation that can occur when someone first sees Earth from space - how it becomes harder… — Leroy Chiao Change Copy Share Image
You saw Britain back in the early days of sailing ships. They were the sea power, the controlled the seas and they… — Leroy Chiao Britain Copy Share Image
Did I think about the risks? Of course I did. Anyone who says otherwise is not being completely honest. The amount of… — Leroy Chiao Energy Copy Share Image
Getting into a space suit and going outside, to me, getting your peripheral vision involved and looking at the Earth was a… — Leroy Chiao Beautiful Copy Share Image
When Russians were having troubles, the Space Shuttle supported the Space Station Mir bringing up much needed supplies and replacements, critical spares,… — Leroy Chiao Cooperation Copy Share Image
After earning my university degrees and working for a few years, I wrote to NASA to request an application package. Seven months… — Leroy Chiao Houston Copy Share Image
The most important thing about an astronaut is you have to take for a given a person's done pretty well in school,… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
In a big picture sense, it's more national prestige that we're risking. You know, we are proud of our space program, but… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
I was born in the United States, I'm proud to be an American, I'm an American first. But obviously, I'm a Chinese-American.… — Leroy Chiao Better person Copy Share Image
The only two countries who will be able to launch people into space will be Russia and China. I've seen the Russian… — Leroy Chiao Chance Copy Share Image
The training kicked in and we quickly went through our emergency procedures, I took manual control and I got the spacecraft under… — Leroy Chiao Book Copy Share Image
That was in 1994, July, 1994, and I can remember that like it was yesterday too because it was the culmination of… — Leroy Chiao Childhood Copy Share Image
One of the things, and the most exciting, actually definitely the most exciting thing is, having children. You know, I didn't have… — Leroy Chiao Adventure Copy Share Image
The Americans are still the leaders in human space flight. I feel we have a danger here of kind of stagnating. We're… — Leroy Chiao Ability Copy Share Image
The current market cost for a space flight, about a week in space and about six people have gone with the Russians… — Leroy Chiao Flight Copy Share Image
Cooperating in something as visible as space exploration and space flight can only improve relations between the two countries because what happens… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
The expense of getting into space is the rocket launch, the rocket itself. Rocket's right now, commercial rockets cost probably somewhere between… — Leroy Chiao Breakthrough Copy Share Image
The Russians have been flying long duration crews since the early '70's. And in the early days, they've ended at least two… — Leroy Chiao Conflict Copy Share Image
The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
Qian Xuesen, the father of the Chinese Space Program, studied in the United States, and he was a protégé of Theodore Von… — Leroy Chiao Accused Copy Share Image
I remember getting advice like, "Oh, do what interests you. Don't worry about tomorrow, live for today," kind of thing. And to… — Leroy Chiao Advice Copy Share Image
This was the first time we had two ex-Soviet Cosmonauts in Houston. A lot of us, including me, viewed it with some… — Leroy Chiao Cold Copy Share Image
On the mission I brought a flag from China, I brought the stone sculpture from Hong Kong, and I brought a scroll… — Leroy Chiao Around the world Copy Share Image
If we're not able to launch our own people and operate our own spacecraft anymore then, you know, space - whether it… — Leroy Chiao Harbinger Copy Share Image
As far as Russia goes, they've been our partner for a long time now, since the early '90's. So you know, what's… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
