Astronaut Quote by Buzz Aldrin

I want people to go into space, to orbit around the world a few times, even to stay there for 24 hours and then…

— Buzz Aldrin

Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.

— Julie Payette

The United States, Russia, and China are the only three countries in the world that can launch astronauts into space. Mostly in the U.S.…

— Leroy Chiao

Space travel is utter bilge. I don't think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing. . . . It…

— Richard van der Riet Woolley

“Space flight alone doesn’t do the trick. These days, anyone who has deep enough pockets and good enough health can go to space. Space…

— Chris Hadfield

By 1973, we had a space station, the Skylab, and we had multiple probes going up to planets. So, all this wonderful stuff happened…

— Burt Rutan

The same way people are now paying a couple thousand dollars to fly to other parts of the world, people will be paying $50,000…

— Alan Shepard

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

— Sally Ride

Some people said, “we don't want to risk astronauts lives anymore, we need to stop doing this”. The astronauts don't feel that wayWe fly…

— Eileen Collins

Astronauts will remain the explorers, the pioneers-the first to go back to moon and on to Mars. But I think it's really important to…

— Sally Ride

The current market cost for a space flight, about a week in space and about six people have gone with the Russians so far…

— Leroy Chiao

Space is for everybody. It's not just for a few people in science or math, or for a select group of astronauts. That's our…

— Christa McAuliffe