Able Quote by Philippe Perrin

I'm enthralled by the national yearning that the Russians had during the 50s and 60s. The whole century was pretty rough for them. They…

— George Meyer

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

— Sally Ride

We had a very successful trip to Russia. We made it back.

— Bob Hope

Only in space did I realize how lucky I am to be Korean. Only in Korea could I have gone to space before turning…

— Yi So-Yeon

Being an American is something I wanted to be for a very long time, probably since I saw the moon landing when I was…

— Craig Ferguson

When I was young, I always wanted to go to Russia.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.

— Buzz Aldrin

I think here in America the space programme was such an enticing thing to be going on, that the thought of a family being…

— Angela Cartwright

I always knew I'd go to space.

— Mae Jemison

I always admired the U.S. as the country of the space shuttle, of technological achievement.

— Santiago Calatrava

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

— Valentina Tereshkova

Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.

— Sally Ride