If you work hard, the things to which you aspire can happen. — Shannon Walker Aspire Copy Share Image
My sleeping bag is affixed to a wall and I climb inside and sort of float around in the sleeping bag at… — Shannon Walker Around Copy Share Image
Flying gives me a tremendous sense of freedom and I hope that anyone who wishes to learn has the opportunity to do… — Shannon Walker Flying Copy Share Image
I do remember the space program from my earliest memories. It's always been with me and something I wanted to be a… — Shannon Walker Earliest memories Copy Share Image
One thing in space, just like home: you cannot escape housework. Every Saturday is clean-the-station day. — Shannon Walker Day Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can have too much information. You keep gathering information and never bother to find out what the real answer is. — Shannon Walker Data Copy Share Image
At a young age, I became interested in space and science after watching the U.S. land on the moon for the first… — Shannon Walker Age Copy Share Image
There is something quite special about getting into a plane with my mother and going somewhere. — Shannon Walker Mother Copy Share Image
It's a little surprising to me that I'm the first Houstonian to be an astronaut. — Shannon Walker Astronaut Copy Share Image
My degrees are in physics and space physics, and I did well enough in university that I actually started working at the… — Shannon Walker Physics Copy Share Image
We have stars, planets and galaxies in space. There's lots of nothingness out there, but it's really not. There's gas, dust and… — Shannon Walker Astronomy Copy Share Image
Well, I was quite young when we first walked on the moon; I had just turned four, but I did watch it… — Shannon Walker I think Copy Share Image
NASA needs to decide, along with Congress, what our destination is going to be, whether it's going to be the moon, an… — Shannon Walker Building Copy Share Image
Being in space is amazing - it's the reason we all become astronauts - but you also have to love what you're… — Shannon Walker Amazing Copy Share Image
Well, eating is very similar to eating on Earth. Of course, there is no gravity, so your food does float around. So… — Shannon Walker Earth Copy Share Image
The reason that we don't have happy hours up here is because you never know when something might actually go sideways, and… — Shannon Walker Go Copy Share Image
Yeah, I think everybody goes through periods, especially in college, where the homework is really piling up and then you have several… — Shannon Walker Books Copy Share Image
Why did I want to be an astronaut? That's not an easy question to answer because I know a lot of kids… — Shannon Walker Easy Copy Share Image
