Astronaut Quote by Duane G. Carey

It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut.

— John L. Phillips

Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led…

— Alan Shepard

Growing up in the shadow of Johnson Space Center and moving to Texas to welcome our last moon mission home, I wanted to be…

— Pete Olson

I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

— Jim Lovell

Somehow, I knew you had to have perfect eyesight to be a test pilot, and so that was it for my astronaut career.

— Paul Allen

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

I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent…

— Peggy Whitson

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

— Dennis Quaid

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

— Alan Shepard

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

— Sally Ride

Becoming an astronaut was a little bit of happenstance for me.

— Sunita Williams

I wanted to become president, and I wanted to become an astronaut. Because I was really good at math.

— Joel Embiid