Astronaut Quote by Shannon Lucid

I believe that there will be women astronauts sometime just as there are women airplane pilots.

— Nancy Roman

It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young girls that…

— Sally Ride

More women should actively participate in space flight. There are many well educated women working in the space industry; they are very good candidates.

— Valentina Tereshkova

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

— Sally Ride

In my mind, the men and women of NASA are history's modern pioneers. They attempt the impossible, accept failure, and then back to the…

— Dan Brown

The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were…

— Sally Ride

From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now…

— Liu Yang

There is very little difference between men and women in space.

— Helen Sharman

I think women make better pilots.

— Zoey Tur

I would not say that female cosmonauts are not welcomed in the Russian space program. I must say, however, that all spaceflight hardware, including…

— Valentina Tereshkova

Space travel is a dream for many men and women. I think my trip will be perceived differently by different genders because for women,…

— Anousheh Ansari

I think that women on expeditions often get sucked into giving 150 percent of themselves because they feel they have to prove themselves physically…

— Ann Bancroft