Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.

I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight.

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

The moon I see now is the same moon I saw before. Except that before, when I looked at it, it was in anticipation of what it would be like when I got there. That's behind me now.

If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger.

Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.

Nobody ever asks who was the seventh person on the Moon. The only thing they know is who's number one and who's number two. Does anybody know who the last man was?