Neil Armstrong
"Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying"
"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"
"There can be no great accomplishment without risk"
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges"
""That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed"
"There can be no great accomplishment without risk"
"I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges"
""That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Wernher Von Braun
"They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?"
"Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and he'll do plenty well when he gets there"
"If our intention had been merely to bring back a handful of soil and rocks from the lunar gravel pit and then forget the whole thing, we would certainly be history's biggest fools"
"It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance. "
"Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and he'll do plenty well when he gets there"
"If our intention had been merely to bring back a handful of soil and rocks from the lunar gravel pit and then forget the whole thing, we would certainly be history's biggest fools"
"It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance. "
Michael Collins
"Oddly enough the overriding sensation I got looking at the earth was, my god that little thing is so fragile out there."
"I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.
"I really believe that if the political leaders of the world could see their planet from a distance of 100,000 miles their outlook could be fundamentally changed. That all-important border would be invisible, that noisy argument silenced. The tiny globe would continue to turn, serenely ignoring its subdivisions, presenting a unified facade that would cry out for unified understanding, for homogeneous treatment. The earth must become as it appears: blue and white, not capitalist or Communist; blue and white, not rich or poor; blue and white, not envious or envied.
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the moon, having a fun moonwalk, for the press.
"Magnificent desolation"
"I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime"
"Mars is there, waiting to be reached"
"We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way."
"I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime"
"Mars is there, waiting to be reached"
"We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way."
John Glenn
"I don't think many people remember what life was like in those days … This was the era when the Russians were claiming superiority, and they could make a pretty good case — they put up Sputnik in '57; they had already sent men into space to orbit the earth… There was this fear that perhaps communism was the wave of the future. The astronauts, all of us, really believed we were locked in a battle of democracy versus communism, where the winner would dominate the world"
"The most important thing we can do is inspireyoungminds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of spacetravel"
"To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something"
"The most important thing we can do is inspireyoungminds and to advance the kind of science, math and technology education that will help youngsters take us to the next phase of spacetravel"
"To me, there is no greater calling … If I can inspire young people to dedicate themselves to the good of mankind, I've accomplished something"
Alan Shepard
Shepard, right, along with Edgar Mitchell erect the American flag on The Moon.
"I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books"
"There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet for the first time, and fortunately coming back. "
"No way that any astronaut worth his salt volunteered for the space program to become a hero. You don't select astronauts who want fame and fortune. You select them because they're the best test pilots in the world, they know it, and it's a personal challenge for them. And the astronauts of today are exactly the same"
"There's no question that all the generations got excited about the first flights, with Kennedy's inspiration to go to the moon, leaving the planet for the first time, and fortunately coming back. "
"No way that any astronaut worth his salt volunteered for the space program to become a hero. You don't select astronauts who want fame and fortune. You select them because they're the best test pilots in the world, they know it, and it's a personal challenge for them. And the astronauts of today are exactly the same"