#astronaut

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

In the Astronaut Office we're never totally out of training, we always keep our hand in it. But after five years, things have changed and so it's been good to get back into the flow and relearn a lot of things. ↗

— Linda M. Godwin

#always #astronaut #back #been #changed

And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences, speaking different languages, but working together for a common goal. ↗

— Umberto Guidoni

#coming #common #common goal #completed #crew

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#case #deciding #me #really #well

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

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

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. ↗

— Sally Ride

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No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. ↗

— Sally Ride

#astronauts #high-risk #i #i think #most

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. ↗

— Sally Ride

#background #commander #crew #pilot #shuttle