I was an eight-year-old kid when I watched the first Apollo Moon Landing way back in 1969 and there was something about… — Leroy Chiao Airplane Copy Share Image
I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
Rockets have remained fundamentally unchanged, except for a few exceptions for the last almost 50 years. So, for there to be a… — Leroy Chiao Barriers Copy Share Image
I always say getting my bachelor's was the single hardest thing I've done in my life. Once I got to university, I… — Leroy Chiao Bad Copy Share Image
I remember taking a space walk on the ISS. There I was, wrench in hand, tightening bolts on a new module. It… — Leroy Chiao Direction Copy Share Image
If there is life out there that's so much more advanced than we are, and they know either how to travel great… — Leroy Chiao Great Copy Share Image
The United States ended the space shuttle program in 2011, after the ISS was complete. We gave up a national treasure forever. — Leroy Chiao Forever Copy Share Image
An eclipse is one phenomenon that is actually more impressive from the ground. — Leroy Chiao Actually Copy Share Image
Richard Branson is probably the most visible of the private commercial space guys, and what is venture, Virgin Galactic is about is… — Leroy Chiao Airplane Copy Share Image
My mistakes made were learning how to work with different groups of people. I mean, I went to school at Berkeley, which… — Leroy Chiao Berkeley Copy Share Image
I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft. — Leroy Chiao Aircraft Copy Share Image
Two years ago, China tested an anti-satellite weapon that actually caused quite a bit of controversy and one of the controversies is… — Leroy Chiao Controversy Copy Share Image
Exercise is very important, first of all if you think about it, especially in a long flight like a six month space… — Leroy Chiao Earth Copy Share Image
The Russians right now require a customer coming in and spending about six months or so in Russia and they have to… — Leroy Chiao Communication Copy Share Image
The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
The neatest thing about research and science is we don't necessarily know what's going to come down the pike. We think we… — Leroy Chiao Different Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing was looking out the window and taking photographs of different places on Earth. — Leroy Chiao Different Copy Share Image
Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure… — Leroy Chiao Bit Copy Share Image
