I remember looking at the moon as an 8-year-old and marveling that there were two astronauts in a lander on the surface,… — Leroy Chiao Moon Copy Share Image
I attended a big human space flight conference in Beijing and I was going as myself. And really, there weren't any NASA… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant. — Leroy Chiao Along Copy Share Image
I think there's all kinds of life out there, including intelligent life, but the reason we haven't found each other is because… — Leroy Chiao Found Copy Share Image
But a lot of that kind of work is done pre-flight, coordinating efforts with the flight directors and the ground teams, and… — Leroy Chiao Directors Copy Share Image
Even though I knew I was inside the space shuttle getting ready to go fly, something about it wasn't completely real up… — Leroy Chiao Anxious Copy Share Image
We were doing something called telemedicine, where we were using the ultrasound. One interesting application of this ultrasound is the possibility that… — Leroy Chiao Application Copy Share Image
I grew up bilingual, I grew up speaking Chinese in the home, Mandarin Chinese with my parents, and I learned English because… — Leroy Chiao Accepting Copy Share Image
I hope that China will continue with space exploration. It would be logical to have international co-operation. I hope that it will… — Leroy Chiao China Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone flies into space without some form of fundamental introspection about what life is about. — Leroy Chiao About Copy Share Image
The ultrasound that has application not only in space for a long mission or for a mission to the Moon or Mars,… — Leroy Chiao Application Copy Share Image
The thing that you worry about your first flight or any flight is some kind of a problem coming up that is… — Leroy Chiao Car Copy Share Image
I was a graduate student in 1984 when President Ronald Reagan called for the construction of a new space station. I knew… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to… — Leroy Chiao Ambition Copy Share Image
Of course, you'll have to meet the physical and psychological demands. A space walk takes a lot of energy. — Leroy Chiao Demand Copy Share Image
As astronauts know better than anyone else, risks, incidents, and mishaps are inevitable in the development of any high-performance vehicle. The emergence… — Leroy Chiao Better Copy Share Image
The biggest technical challenge to sending astronauts on farther and longer missions is biomedical: How do we keep them healthy? — Leroy Chiao Biomedical Copy Share Image
We have self-assessment tools, computer-based tools to see how we are performing mentally in outer space and there's some also very interesting… — Leroy Chiao Acceptance Copy Share Image
As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little… — Leroy Chiao Bits Copy Share Image
What keeps me up at night? Probably most, thinking about the future for my kids. It sounds kind of funny, but not… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
I actually had four space flights altogether, three times on shuttles. My second flight was really unique for me because I was… — Leroy Chiao Flight Copy Share Image
It was in the back of my mind, even while I was going to school, but it wasn't until I was at… — Leroy Chiao Engineering Copy Share Image
Studying engineering was natural for me; I was always interested in technology and building things. — Leroy Chiao Building Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on… — Leroy Chiao Actually Copy Share Image
One of my challenges was to try to photograph the Great Wall of China. And I did actually take some photos, but… — Leroy Chiao Challenges Copy Share Image
