Any observations from the Moon or a sense of realising this or that about the greater meaning of things wasn't as influential for me as the experience of coming back and dealing with being a person who's been to the Moon.

Ray Bradbury is one who is contributing to the understanding of the imagination and the curiosity of the human race.

If you want to say that the sky is black, and if I'm there, even if I fall back down again, I will be weightless for a period of time - maybe that's the definition of space.

We need the next generation to be motivated and to push technological boundaries, to seek out new innovations.

I don't go through life verbalizing what I feel.

I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface.

Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.