Elementary school Quote by Christa McAuliffe

I was only in second grade when the Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. The night of his launch -…

— Paul Allen

In 1985, the government decided to launch the first satellite. We had huge discussions then that nobody would need that kind of satellite or…

— Etienne Schneider

One hardly knows where, in the history of science, to look for an important movement that had its effective start in so pure and…

— Simon Newcomb

“Nothing did more during these years to excite such emotions than the successful launching by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 of Sputnik,…

— James T. Patterson

The first man-made satellite to orbit the earth was named Sputnik. The first living creature in space was Laika. The first rocket to the…

— John F. Kennedy

Space fascinated me because I'm from the generation that saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live on TV. I was 7 at the…

— Alfonso Cuaron

I was born in 1960, and space theory, especially in the last part of that time and going into the '70s, space was very…

— Sarah Brightman

It was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and…

— John Glenn

Growing up in Australia, space exploration wasn't something I was too aware of.

— Yvonne Strahovski

I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for them. They…

— George Meyer

I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.

— Richard Dawkins

For days after the launch, Sputnik was a wonderful curiosity. A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride that humans…

— David Hoffman