Racing Quote by Valentina Tereshkova

All of us needed time to rest. And we had time - four months of it - to take all the rest in the…

— Chetan Bhagat

... the United States was not built by those who waited and rested and wished to look behind them. This country was conquered by…

— John F. Kennedy

It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or…

— Nat Turner

During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep…

— Stephen Covey

“With almost no internal opposition, both the Senate and the House of Representatives responded to Kennedy’s challenge by increasing funds for the agency that…

— Courtney G. Brooks, James M. Grimwood, Loyd S. Swenson

There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.

— Buzz Aldrin

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

— Anna Held

But also out here in this dreary, difficult war, I think history will record that this may have been one of Americas finest hours,…

— Richard M. Nixon

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

— Sally Ride

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

We was like two ships that clashed in the night.

— Archie Bunker

It was the time of the Cold War and so there were was a lot of pressure on the - to get going and…

— John Glenn