Eight Quote by Roberta Bondar

Space fascinated me because I'm from the generation that saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon live on TV. I was 7 at the…

— Alfonso Cuaron

In the late '60s, I was seven, eight, nine years old, and what was going on in the news at that time that really…

— Chris Hadfield

Even when I was five years old, I was obsessed with space.

— Sunil Nagaraj

As a kid, I was obsessed with space. Well, I was obsessed with nuclear science too, to a point, but before that, I was…

— Taylor Wilson

Like a lot of kids, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. With me, it stuck more than most kids. Ever…

— Shannon Walker

Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be an astronaut.

— Drew Van Acker

Joining NASA was very exciting, but it was the hardest decision I have had to make in my life.

— Kathleen Rubins

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

— Sally Ride

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

— Sunita Williams

One of the things, and the most exciting, actually definitely the most exciting thing is, having children. You know, I didn't have children before.…

— Leroy Chiao

When I was in high school we had the first shuttle launch, and it reinvigorated my enthusiasm for the space program. I was in…

— Shannon Walker

I've been a space enthusiast since I was in kindergarten.

— Jared Isaacman