Quotes by Astronauts

Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both. Leroy Chiao
Work Great You Hurt Experience Down Great Experience Parachute Systems Able Hurting Pretty Both Well Coming Very Hit Quite Different Hard Ground Even Keep
I spent a lot of my time working in the American module, and he would stay in the Russian segment working on his things, and we'd meet up at meal times. So it actually worked out very well. Leroy Chiao
Time Meal Meet Spent Out Would Stay Russian Segment My Time He Well His Lot Up Very Times American Worked Working Actually Things
I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so. Leroy Chiao
Space Nation Own States Astronauts Launch See Following Russia Course Becoming Very China Interesting United United States Actually Third
One day, people will be able to buy tickets to visit space. Leroy Chiao
Buy Day People Space Will One Day Visit Able Tickets
Our task was doing maintenance and repairs to keep the station in a good state for the return of the shuttle flights and resumption of major ISS construction. Leroy Chiao
Good Construction State Our Station Maintenance Major Return Doing Task Flights Keep Shuttle
Well, it's still a bit uncertain, but I will do the consulting, and I'll see how I can contribute. But I'm sure whatever I do will involve the space program. That's where my passion is. Leroy Chiao
Passion Space Will Whatever Bit See Uncertain Consulting Involve Well Sure How Still Contribute Where Space Program Program
I was eight years old when I saw the Apollo moon landing in 1969. I was riveted. Leroy Chiao
Old Moon Saw Years Eight Landing Apollo
I got my undergraduate degree in chemical engineering. Leroy Chiao
Degree Engineering Undergraduate Chemical Got
Donald Trump's administration is floating a proposal to return to the moon - and to shut down the International Space Station to help pay for it. The first part of this idea is good. The second is horrible. Leroy Chiao
Good Space Moon First Pay Down Station Administration Horrible Proposal Part Idea Return Trump Donald Space Station To The Moon Help International Floating International Space Station Shut Second
The United States ended the space shuttle program in 2011, after the ISS was complete. We gave up a national treasure forever. Leroy Chiao
Space National Gave Complete States Up Forever Ended Space Shuttle After United United States Treasure Shuttle Program
I'm skeptical of claims that we've been visited by aliens from another planet or other dimension, but I don't rule it out 100 percent. I have an open mind, and I do believe there's other life in the universe. Leroy Chiao
Life Mind Alien Believe Universe Other Rule Dimension Claims Visited Out Percent Open Open Mind Another Been Skeptical Planet
If there is life out there that's so much more advanced than we are, and they know either how to travel great distances in short amounts of time, or they're able to come from a parallel universe into ours, why don't they just come and show themselves? Leroy Chiao
Life Time Great Travel Universe Distances Ours Out Parallel Able More Advanced Come Know How Than Short Just Either Themselves Much Show Why Amount
In order to do anything worthwhile, one must take calculated risks. Leroy Chiao
Risks Worthwhile Must Take Calculated Order Anything
I grew up watching a lot of the coverage of the early U.S. space program, all the way back starting with Mercury and then through Gemini and Apollo and of course going to the moon as the main part of the Apollo program. Linda M. Godwin
Space Moon Gemini Back Way Through Main Part Mercury Course Coverage Lot Up Going Space Program Grew To The Moon Then Apollo Early Watching Starting Program
A lot of these things will fly in later forms on the space station themselves, or a later form of that research will, once they kind of find out some of the basics from flying it on shuttle. Linda M. Godwin
Space Fly Will Research Later Once Flying Station Out Kind Find Some Lot Form Space Station Forms Themselves Things Shuttle Basics
Although I know a lot of the previous shuttle flights, in theory, had their tasks laid out; but there were still some changes that came along for them. Linda M. Godwin
Changes Out Some Previous Had Along Know Although Still Came Were Lot Tasks Laid Them Theory Flights Shuttle
I'll be the person using the shuttle robotic arm. Linda M. Godwin
Arm Robotic Person Using Shuttle
It's really a good feeling to know that we put this up there, that it's working, that all these people's plans that worked so hard came together and things fit and we've got a real space station. Linda M. Godwin
Good Together People Space Feeling Station Put Know Got Real Came Fit Up Space Station Worked Really Working Hard Plans Good Feeling Things
It's really kind of a challenge to keep coordinated with the two station crews that we'll be interacting with. And of course one of them launched quite some time before our mission. Linda M. Godwin
Time Challenge Before Our Station Kind Some Mission Course Quite Quite Some Time Interacting Them Really Keep Coordinated Two
The training comes to us with the benefit of what has gone before. Linda M. Godwin
Training Before Gone Benefit Us
We launch when we're kind of in the same orbit that they are in terms of being matched up in inclination in space, and we're just in a little different altitude. Linda M. Godwin
Space Kind Launch Terms Altitude Matched Up Same Orbit Just Being Different Little Inclination
We're taking up some science experiments, some crystal growth things, we have a refrigerator that carries up some samples, new samples that go into the station, we bring the old ones home; we have a lot of clothing, we have a lot of food-U.S. and Russian food. Linda M. Godwin
Food Home Science Old Station Carries Some Russian Taking New Crystal Go Lot Up Refrigerator Clothing Samples Experiments Old Ones Growth Things Bring
Thank you for the confidence put in my by the motherland and the people, for giving me this chance to represent China's millions of women by going into space. Liu Yang
Me You Confidence Women People Space Giving Thank You Put Motherland Thank Going Represent China Millions Chance
I believe in persevering. If you persevere, success lies ahead of you. Liu Yang
Success You Believe Lies Persevere Persevering
We won't let you down. We will work together and successfully complete this mission. Liu Yang
Work You Together Will Down Complete Mission Work Together Successfully
From day one, I have been told I am no different from the male astronauts. As a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space. Liu Yang
Day Pilot Space Sky Fly Will Astronaut Astronauts Day One Am Been Male Different Flew Now
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