The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.

The Eagle has landed.

It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.

All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight.

This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.