I didnt go into the NASA program to pick up rocks or to go the moon or anything else. I went in there because I was a military officer, and that was the next notch in my profession.

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

It looks to me, looking out the hatch, that we are venting something. We are venting something out into the - into space.

Please be informed, there is a Santa Claus.

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

The real friends of the space voyager are the stars. Their friendly, familiar patterns are constant companions, unchanging, out there.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.