Astronaut Quote by John L. Phillips

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in…

— Robert Crippen

I don't think you ever really decide that you want to be an astronaut. I put in an application and hoped for the best.

— Kathleen Rubins

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

— Jim Lovell

Never in a million years would I have thought I could have been an astronaut candidate.

— Jonny Kim

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

— Sally Ride

I got a hold of NASA, four times, I said, 'I want to become an astronaut.' But nobody would take me. I didn't think…

— Wally Funk

I ran the astronaut school for six years, and I was the commandant and when I finished in '65, 26 of my guys went…

— Chuck Yeager

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

— Sunita Williams

When somebody says I wanted to be an astronaut my question is 'Did you apply?' And most people say no. And to me that's…

— Anne McClain

I wasn’t destined to be an astronaut. I had to turn myself into one.

— Chris Hadfield

I always wanted to be an astronaut.

— Dennis Quaid

After earning my university degrees and working for a few years, I wrote to NASA to request an application package. Seven months later, after…

— Leroy Chiao