Famous quotes by Astronauts

Small: This has been a great experience for me. The first couple of days you dont always feel too well. You adjust to
Laurel Clark
"This has been a great experience for me. The first couple of days you don't always feel too well. You adjust to the fluid shifting, how to fly through space without hitting things or anybody else. But then you get in a groove"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took
Laurel Clark
"Things are going very smoothly. As expected, there are some minor glitches, and the eight minutes that it took us to get to orbit, we trained months and months for, and didn't have to use any of that preparation, other than being aware and ready"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Theres a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop
Laurel Clark
"There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings
Laurel Clark
"There was a moth in there, and it still had its wings crumpled up, and it was just starting to pump its wings up. Life continues in lots of places, and life is a magical thing"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world
Laurel Clark
"I feel blessed to be here representing our country and carrying out th research of scientists around the world... I hope you could feel the positive energy that beamed to the whole planet as we glided over"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: I cant think of anything specific growing up that pointed me toward NASA at all. I was interested in the Moon
Laurel Clark
"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, Astronaut
Small: Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth
Laurel Clark
"Hello from above our magnificent planet Earth"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Gravity pulls our bodily fluids down, like water in a glass goes to the bottom part of a glass. In space, the
Laurel Clark
"Gravity pulls our bodily fluids down, like water in a glass goes to the bottom part of a glass. In space, the water doesn't stay in the bottom of the glass. It distributes itself evenly over time throughout the entire volume of the glass"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, th
Laurel Clark
"Gravity is one variable in a lot of scientific processes. If you can remove gravity or minimize its effect, then you can understand the other processes that are going on"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Everyone that Ive talked to whos been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear
Laurel Clark
"Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great, but we just had to come home"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to
Laurel Clark
"Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand whats happenin
Laurel Clark
"As a physician, I understand how important it is to collect data on people so we can understand what's happening with them. I will be in the position to help enable that knowledge"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart f
Laurel Clark
"There are some very significant changes in the way the fluids are distributed in our body, the way our heart functions initially, and as well as our bone and muscle"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: The Navys paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who
Laurel Clark
"The Navy's paid for you to go through school, and then they need doctors to go out and take care of people who are in various different parts of the world. I decided to pay back my time first as an undersea medical officer. I was stationed in Scotland"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in diffe
Laurel Clark
"The microgravity or the very, very low amount of gravity that we have up in space forces some changes in different processes. It forces changes in us as human beings"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries
Laurel Clark
"Science, for hundreds of years, has spanned the differences between cultures and between countries"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly
Laurel Clark
"Other than motherhood, the eight years that I spent at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, I have incredibly fond memories of. It's a beautiful place, with four seasons up in Wisconsin. And really wonderful people"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying in
Laurel Clark
"Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Its such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... were doing such exciting research.
Laurel Clark
"It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: If youre trying to get someone whos sick with a fever off of a submarine and its cold and raining outside, the
Laurel Clark
"If you're trying to get someone who's sick with a fever off of a submarine and it's cold and raining outside, the only way in and out of a submarine, generally, is through a fairly narrow hatch"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: Ive always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But its also
Laurel Clark
"I've always enjoyed traveling and having experience with different cultures and different people. But it's also a wonderful thing to be able to benefit and enable research, not only in our country but around the world"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any proble
Laurel Clark
"I have a computer screen near my seat where I monitor the overall health of the vehicle and pick up any problems that might be occurring early on or once we see any kind of a malfunction or anything unusual that's happening, we can look at the data and figure out what that is"
Laurel Clark, Astronaut
Small: We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didnt know how difficult
Alan Bean
"We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult"
Alan Bean, Astronaut
Small: I have the nicest life in the world
Alan Bean
"I have the nicest life in the world"
Alan Bean, Astronaut
Small: Eventually there are going to be cities in space
Alan Bean
"Eventually there are going to be cities in space"
Alan Bean, Astronaut
Small: There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant
"There were different challenges along the way. Certainly the food shortage was unpleasant"
Leroy Chiao, Astronaut
Small: I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting
"I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission"
Leroy Chiao, Astronaut
Small: You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have
"You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise"
James Newman, Astronaut
Small: Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists
"Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists"
James Newman, Astronaut
Small: We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own mind
"We have overcome the notion that mathematical truths have an existence independent and apart from our own minds. It is even strange to us that such a notion could ever have existed"
James Newman, Astronaut