To be able to watch our colleagues, our friends come home safely is always an emotional event. — Shannon Walker 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
There is something quite special about getting into a plane with my mother and going somewhere. — Shannon Walker Mother Copy Share Image
One thing I really like about flying is that it is an activity that my mother and I can do together. — Shannon Walker Flying Copy Share Image
It's unfortunate, but I know it's the right thing to do to end the shuttle program. If we want to do other… — Shannon Walker 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
I liked learning things. I liked solving problems and doing my homework. I realize a lot of kids don't like that, but… — Shannon Walker Education Copy Share Image
To be honest, I haven't really put much thought into the fact that I am the first woman on a commercial vehicle.… — Shannon Walker Day 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
It is incredibly exciting to be able to actually go and live on the space station after having worked so long on… — Shannon Walker Computers Copy Share Image
I can talk about casting a ballot from space since I did it last time I was on the space station. They… — Shannon Walker Ballot Copy Share Image
To feel the power of the engines is by far the most exciting thing. You feel this great force pushing you off… — Shannon Walker Earth Copy Share Image
We've got pictures from the Space Station going back 20 years. We can see the glaciers receding in the photography that we… — Shannon Walker 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 Copy Share Image
I think one of the ways that we can fight against climate change is keep showing what we're doing to the planet,… — Shannon Walker Change Copy Share Image
Houston's a very big town. It's changed a lot over my lifetime, it's quite a bit bigger now than it was when… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
So much of our training focuses so much on the systems and how to operate the station, and not just the day-to-day… — Shannon Walker Copy Share Image
When I became an astronaut, I knew I wanted to pursue long-duration flight aboard the station. I knew it would be a… — Shannon Walker Astronaut 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
All astronauts have degrees in science, engineering, or medicine, but other than that, there's no one path to NASA. The one thing… — Shannon Walker Astronauts Copy Share Image
