American Quote by Sally Ride

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

— Sally Ride

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.

— Sally Ride

The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for.

— Peggy Whitson

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled I was when Alan Shepard made his historic flight,…

— Christa McAuliffe

“I always wanted to work for the USA Space industry as a kid and never thought I would. What a surprise!”

— Steven Magee

And everything stopped quite rapidly because I knew that nobody in Europe was able to go to space. It was the privilege of being…

— Philippe Perrin

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

— Sunita Williams

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

Going to space was a moment that people think was my Mount Everest, but it's not. I have so many Mount Everests. This just…

— Roberta Bondar

I wanted to become an astronaut because I believe that the exploration of space by humans is extremely important.

— Shannon Walker

I always knew I'd go to space.

— Mae Jemison

I ended up realizing that NASA was unlikely to get me into space, or get me to the moon or beyond, and I needed…

— Peter Diamandis