I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life. Few of the others, however, had the possibility of direct gains in knowledge which this one had. I have confidence in the equipment, the planning, the training. I suspect that on a risk-gain ratio, this project would compare very, very favorably with those to which I've been accustomed on the past 20 years.

The view of the moon that we've been having recently is really spectacular. It fills about three-quarters of the hatch window, and of course we can see the entire circumference even though part of it is in complete shadow and part of it is in earthshine. It's a view worth the price of the trip.

I tell you, we're going to be busy for a minute.

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

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.

It never hurts to have friends around, so that's why you'd form a crew.