Accidents Quote by John L. Phillips

The Progress is launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan, just like the Soyuz. It almost looks the same as the Soyuz but unmanned, so, essentially…

— Sunita Williams

“Consider that NASA invests tens of millions of dollars to train a single astronaut. And these days, until we have an alternative, the United…

— Leland Melvin

The Soyuz craft weighs tons, and you're lying on the floor of it on your back. But the Russians do tell you, remember, before…

— Chris Hadfield

If was, increased by a lack of railways in Russia - for bringing up supplies to our advancing troops.

— Gerd von Rundstedt

When you're on a Soyuz flight, you know that when you go to Russia, you're going to do X, Y, and Z. You have…

— Sunita Williams

I don't like the way the whole thing has developed. And I just hope that we develop our own transportation system, both spacecraft and…

— John Glenn

The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on Russian aircraft.…

— Ashraf Ghani

The Russians right now require a customer coming in and spending about six months or so in Russia and they have to learn some…

— Leroy Chiao

After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station…

— Marc Garneau

It sometimes seems to me that some of our Western partners do not want Russia to fully recover. They would like Russia to be…

— Mikhail Gorbachev

“On the Soyuz, there’s simply not room to fly someone whose main contribution is expertise in a single area. The Russian rocket ship only…

— Chris Hadfield

NASA appreciates the efforts of Congress to resolve restrictions placed on our partnership with Russia. Congress' action helps to ensure the continuous presence of…

— Michael D. Griffin