Excited Quote by Christa McAuliffe

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

— Sally Ride

I'd been going up for things, but I hadn't got anything, and then 'Anne Frank' came out, and there was a sudden flurry. I…

— Ellie Kendrick

Especially when I first really started to work with Kenneth and Franklin, who had been in space already. And so, they were able to…

— Philippe Perrin

When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I was in…

— Shannon Walker

And I realized, when I'd come in to the meetings with these corrugated metal and chain link stuff, and people would just look at…

— Frank Gehry

I remember looking at the moon as an 8-year-old and marveling that there were two astronauts in a lander on the surface, getting ready…

— Leroy Chiao

When I became an astronaut, I knew I wanted to pursue long-duration flight aboard the station. I knew it would be a just a…

— Shannon Walker

Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call.…

— Michael P. Anderson

Acting Government officials, they said they wanted - they would be happy, they would love to put a bullet in my head, to poison…

— Edward Snowden

I was the most emotional of the flight directors. Space really got me all honked up.

— Gene Kranz

I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.

— Katherine Johnson

I had the good fortune and the gift to be one of the 12 men to walk on the moon.

— Alan Bean