Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...

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...

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.

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

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.

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.