812 quotes by astronauts for you to enjoy

An asteroid can literally destroy 80 or 90 percent of the species that are alive on Earth. These are big events. I mean, this is called extinction. Rusty Schweickart

Events Big Asteroid Earth Alive Destroy Percent Literally Mean Species Extinction

The frontier in space, embodied in the space colony, is one in which the interactions between humans and their environment is so much more sensitive and interactive and less tolerant of irresponsibility than it is on the whole surface of the Earth. Rusty Schweickart

When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet. Sally Ride

You Remember Space First Our Earth Finally Our Planet See Window Weightless Over Got Off Orbit Just Cut Planet View Engines Floating Seat Spectacular Shuttle Chance

Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing. Sally Ride

Science Space Tough Rocket Science Way Failing Rocket Rockets

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. Sally Ride

Science Astronomy Favorite Physical Physical Science Liked Math Subject Very Interested

The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming. Sally Ride

Women Think Way Had Coming Movement Paved

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. Sally Ride

Woman Space First Enjoy Going Being Aspects

I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it. Sally Ride

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

Time Women Backgrounds Some Only Had Scientific NASA Quite Quite Some Time

Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same. Sally Ride

Practice Though Launch Tries Simulate NASA Close Same Even

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Sally Ride

Time Dramatic Launch Most Because Anxious Just Just Because

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Sally Ride

Space Slept Upper Just Middle Space Shuttle Deck Flight Floating Shuttle

One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. Sally Ride

Space Else Everyone Everyone Else Astronaut One Thing Composure Share Office Thing

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong. Sally Ride

Time Safety Space Accident Gone Had Put Wrong NASA Lot Fix Improve Space Shuttle After Challenger Things Shuttle

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident. Sally Ride

Better Space Accident Before Safer Rocket Than Space Shuttle Challenger Shuttle

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine. Sally Ride

Hero King Mine Tennis Tennis Player Because Jean Player

I don't have any nicknames. Sally Ride

Any Nicknames

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