California Quote by Sunita Williams

“On the Soyuz, there’s simply not room to fly someone whose main contribution is expertise in a single area. The Russian rocket ship only…

— Chris Hadfield

I would much rather fly on Soyuz than the shuttle.

— Helen Sharman

Flying to the International Space Station is a really big deal.

— Robert Bigelow

When you're on a Soyuz flight, you know that when you go to Russia, you're going to do X, Y, and Z. You have…

— Sunita Williams

I've completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I've been training in a centrifuge and MiG…

— Brian Blessed

The grass is always greener on the other side, but even that grass needs a good trimming from time to time.

— Phil Hill

“Space flight participants, commonly known as space tourists, pay between $20 and $40 million each to leave Earth for 10 days or so and…

— Chris Hadfield

“Russia’s biggest downside, for me at least, is its lack of color. Being in Russia is like breathing different oxygen, and I can feel…

— Martin Lindstrom

The Russians right now require a customer coming in and spending about six months or so in Russia and they have to learn some…

— Leroy Chiao

The space station mission was kind of the culmination of all of my experience of being a NASA Astronaut, so it had brought all…

— Leroy Chiao

You have a lot of things to do when you're out on a space walk, and that sort of overwhelms your mind.

— Sunita Williams

The Russians have been flying long duration crews since the early '70's. And in the early days, they've ended at least two missions early…

— Leroy Chiao