#astronauts

Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it.there. ↗

— Barbara Walters

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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

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I remember growing up thinking that astronauts and their job was the coolest thing you could possibly do... But I absolutely couldn't identify with the people who were astronauts. I thought they were movie stars. ↗

— David M. Brown

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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

#astronauts #becoming #china #course #following

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

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

— Dan Quayle

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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

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

— Sally Ride

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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. ↗

— Sally Ride

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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do. ↗

— Sally Ride

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