Chance Quote by Sally Ride

On my second space walk, I was riding the Canadarm, heading down toward the payload bay of the space shuttle, and I could see…

— Dafydd Williams

One thing, the very first time I got out of the seat, after Resilience was safely in orbit and I looked out the window…

— Victor J. Glover

The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the…

— Sally Ride

The view of earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing…

— Sally Ride

I call it "the big picture effect." Getting to see earth as a small planet and to see it in that perspective, seeing it…

— Edgar Mitchell

One of the most memorable moments was when I first saw earth because I had seen many pictures, many videos of earth from space,…

— Anousheh Ansari

The thing I remember most about space is the view from the spacewalk. When I was inside the space shuttle and looking through the…

— Michael J. Massimino

When the engine cut off and we were in orbit, it was surreal.

— Victor J. Glover

It changes your perspective to be able to look out the window and see the planet. One of the thoughts that I had when…

— Kathleen Rubins

That was in 1994, July, 1994, and I can remember that like it was yesterday too because it was the culmination of a childhood…

— Leroy Chiao

The most breathtaking thing about being in space is actually looking back at the Earth.

— Richard Branson

I live for that exhilarating moment when I'm in an airplane rushing down the runway and pull on the stick and feel lift under…

— Gordon Cooper