#astronaut

I can't think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon landings just about the same as everyone else of my generation. But I never really thought about being an astronaut or working in space myself. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#anything #astronaut #being #else #everyone

Amy: I never knew you drank wine. Doctor: I'm 1103 I must have drunk it sometime in my life. *takes sip and spits it out in disgust* ↗

— Steven Moffat

#doctor-who #impossible-astronaut #who #life

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#back #called #cancelled #ended #got

I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies. ↗

— Christa McAuliffe

#cannot #connect #early #educator #fantasies

Then, much later, my next dream was to become an astronaut, and I was fortunate to realize that dream, also. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#astronaut #become #dream #fortunate #i

I think doing something of your life is something that you've got deep inside, whether it's to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#deep #deep inside #doing #got #i

Since there always has to be a certain number of astronauts manning the station at all times, one of the main aspects of the mission was to transport a new team to the station and bring back some members of the previous team back to Earth. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#aspects #astronauts #back #bring #certain

Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts. ↗

— Dan Quayle

#bush #fellow #mrs #president #president bush

Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.' ↗

— Kalpana Chawla

#astronauts #did #different #great #great job

I worked for some very good people who have helped me along the way and actually enabled me to have the opportunity to be selected to join the Astronaut Corps. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#along #astronaut #corps #enabled #good