811 quotes by astronauts for you to enjoy

We found out the Gemini spacesuit was, well, oxygen was flowing to keep me cool as well as to breathe, and it wasn't good enough. My visor got fogged. Gene Cernan

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We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable when we got the greatest flying machine in the world sitting down at Kennedy in a garage there with nothing to do. Gene Cernan

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As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind. Gene Cernan

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Nobody can take those footsteps I made on the surface of the moon away from me. Gene Cernan

Me Moon Made Those Take Nobody Footsteps Surface Away

To become an astronaut, someone has to have a dream of his own to do something that he or she has always wanted to do, then commit himself to making that dream come true. Gene Cernan

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The countdown reached ten seconds and I could almost hear an invisible crescendo of stirring background music. 'Anchors aweigh!' Five, four, three, two, one... and we had ignition! Gene Cernan

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When you head on out to the Moon, in very short order, and you get a chance to look back at the Earth, that horizon slowly curves around in upon himself, and all of sudden you're looking at something that is very strange, but yet is very, very familiar, because you're beginning to see the Earth evolve. Gene Cernan

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Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I've ever known in my life. Gene Cernan

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Mom was always doing something for somebody. She came from a Czech background, one that made her a devout Catholic and gave her a strong belief in the family. Gene Cernan

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I'm quite disappointed that I'm still the last man on the moon. Gene Cernan

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People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings. Gene Cernan

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Am I willing to go to Mars? Yes, but I'm not willing to spend nine months getting there, then wait 18 more months until the planets align to come home. Gene Cernan

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Chemical propulsion is obsolete to go anywhere other than the moon. Three days - that's acceptable. But for Mars, we need propulsion technologies to get us there in, say, 60 days - then spend whatever length of time we want to spend and return when we want to come home. Gene Cernan

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Some astronauts describe the routine flushing of urine into space, where the freezing temperatures turn the droplets into a cloud of bright, drifting crystals, as being among the most amazing sights they saw on an entire voyage. Gene Cernan

Father, we thank you, especially for letting me fly this flight - for the privilege of being able to be in this position, to be in this wondrous place, seeing all these many startling, wonderful things that you have created. Gordon Cooper

I was watching a black and white television in Cairo, MI., at my grandparents' house, and I watched Neil Armstrong step on the moon. At that point, it set the bit for me to be an astronaut, and it was kind of like a dream, but it really wasn't reality. Gregory H. Johnson

When you look at the Earth's horizon and see the thickness of the atmosphere, it's not even the thickness of an orange peel. Gregory H. Johnson

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My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned. Gregory H. Johnson

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I progressed through my schooling, undergraduate and graduate degrees, excited about math and science and engineering, but really didn't think about being an astronaut at that point. It was kind of unreachable. Gregory H. Johnson

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I'm just tickled pink that I'll be on Endeavour's last flight. Gregory H. Johnson

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I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was - was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don't get picked, I'm not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut. Gregory H. Johnson

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The building of the International Space Station is something wonderful, and it will show us how to take the next step beyond low-Earth orbit. Gregory H. Johnson

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