Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

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.

When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.

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

Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

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...

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