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No astronauts look like George Clooney.
Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
One of the astronauts I came to admire the most is John Young.
Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts.
We want to make sure we get living astronauts to the surface of Mars.
People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.
Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.
Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh.
I don't know any astronauts. There are a lot of people who say they want to be comedians.
I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.
When we meet people who are astronauts or deal in astronomy, it's always really fascinating.
So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
I believe that there will be women astronauts sometime just as there are women airplane pilots.
I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.
The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch pad.
We had been told many times that astronauts would not make any mistakes. They were trained to be perfect.
Astronauts are like these mythic legends, but really, they are just regular people, people who wear chinos.
There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.
I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.
I'm absolutely compelled for NASA to send international astronauts to Mars to find out if Mars ever harbored life.
All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
I think that witnessing ecological problems visible from space is one of the new and essential roles of astronauts.
I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a role model.
No, ancient astronauts did not build the pyramids - human beings built them, because they're clever and they work hard.
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
Sometimes astronauts feel a little ill or get minor scrapes. I trained as a crew medical officer to do basic treatment.
Things felt pretty crazy on earth in 1969, but the cosmos was friendly. Astronauts had round-trip tickets; they got home.
The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.
Our focus is to get citizen astronauts to experience the 'overview effect,' return to Earth, and then impact their communities.
The biggest technical challenge to sending astronauts on farther and longer missions is biomedical: How do we keep them healthy?
Every one of today's smartphones has thousands of times more processing power than the computers that guided astronauts to the moon.
We are going to mint new astronauts from all communities. We want to influence public policy and opinion... by changing the mindset.
Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.
Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom.
My dad and my mom convinced me to go into biomedical engineering because they said astronauts going to Mars will need life support systems.
I'm honored to be recognized among generations of astronauts who were at the forefront of exploring our universe for the benefit of humankind.
Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'
While I'm not a celebrity, it's such a weird concept that society has cooked up for us. Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.
Only by studying large numbers of people can we figure out, are astronauts dying at a higher rate of cancer, and what types of cancers, than other people?
I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so interesting and exciting.
I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs.
It is only by freeing NASA from routine human transport to low-Earth orbit that we can afford to once again see American astronauts exploring distant worlds.
The majority of astronauts have to change their eyeglasses while in space. They bring eyeglasses with them and typically change a few months into the mission.
Most astronauts are very down-to-earth people. Many of us, three-quarters, have an engineering degree, and we have a very Cartesian, rational approach to things.
I think that over the years, whether they want to admit it or not, people have to admit that the women astronauts have performed just as well as the men astronauts.
If you read about the astronauts who went to the moon - the 12 who walked on it, and the others who orbited - all suffered serious mental trauma of one kind or another.
When young girls can get 400,000 likes by doing a sexy selfie... we have to offer them another way of being. To dream of being female astronauts, engineers or presidents.
When many astronauts go to space, they see the insignificant size of the earth and vastness of space, and they become very religious, because they have seen the Signs of Allah.
During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.