The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it.

You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.

This vehicle is performing like a champ. I've got a super spaceship under me.

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67 and that program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us...

If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.

Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.