After Quote by Martin Rees

I find myself now preaching about the golden age of manned spaceflight, because something went on there, within us, that we’re missing. When we…

— Walter Cunningham

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

— Neil Armstrong

Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.

— Abby Sunderland

Circling the earth in the orbital spaceship I marvelled at the beauty of our planet. People of the world!! Let us safeguard and enhance…

— Yuri Gagarin

Apollo wasn't just about sending people into space. It transformed so much of our economy. From our education system to so many of the…

— Kesha Rogers

I came to dedicate my life to opening space to the average person and crafting designs for new spaceships that could take us far…

— Buzz Aldrin

We must still think of ourselves as pioneers to understand the importance of space.

— Buzz Aldrin

There remain a few people in NASA who are there to accomplish great things; but most of NASA now consists of the people who…

— Benjamin Franklin

The space program caused so much future-thinking in culture. People who couldn't go to the Moon were building space-fantasy chairs and corsets and hairdos…

— Aleksandra Mir

“The astronaut in his technical and complex machine, effortlessly orbiting the earth, alone and weightless in the emptiness of space, is the perfect symbol…

— Stephen Batchelor

We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is…

— Nathan Myhrvold

If you look, like, in 1960, there was no such thing as an astronaut. It was a totally fanciful concept, but nine years later…

— Travis Beacham