When President Kennedy took office, I was in the midst of my education.

History gets reinterpreted as time goes on. Many times, the participants are lost in the retelling of the story.

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

I want people to go into space, to orbit around the world a few times, even to stay there for 24 hours and then come back to where they took off. And I also want people with a low income to be able to do that, not only rich people.

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.

Program Alarm, it's a 1202.

Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space.