There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant. — Leroy Chiao 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
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
As commander I was responsible for the overall success of the mission, and so I had to know at least a little… — Leroy Chiao 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 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 Astronauts 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
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 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
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
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
Because we didn't cooperate with China, we gave them motivation to develop their own capability. You know, they developed a very capable… — Leroy Chiao 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
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
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
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
I actually had four space flights altogether, three times on shuttles. My second flight was really unique for me because I was… — Leroy Chiao 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 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
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
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
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
We were trying to do as much science as we could because that was the main purpose of the international space station.… — Leroy Chiao 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
One of the biggest concerns about going out beyond lower Earth orbit is the radiation. We find that exercise seems to counteract… — Leroy Chiao 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
When I was at NASA, I had a house on a small private airstrip that we shared between the flying community. I… — Leroy Chiao 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 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
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
Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very… — Leroy Chiao 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 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
In 2006, I became the fist American to be allowed to go visit their astronaut center in China in Beijing. I think… — Leroy Chiao Astronaut Copy Share Image
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 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
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
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 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
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
