It so happened that my goals kind of matched my career progression toward becoming an astronaut. John L. Phillips Read Quote
Even with only two people on board, where maintenance is a large piece of our working day, we still have time to do scientific research. We have to be ready to support those Shuttle visits in a lot of different ways. John L. Phillips Read Quote
My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration. John L. Phillips Read Quote
It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected. John L. Phillips Read Quote
Since the Columbia accident, the Russian space agency, or the Russian space program, has been literally carrying the load bringing us all the supplies we need on the Progress vehicle, smaller amounts on the Soyuz vehicles. John L. Phillips Read Quote
There weren’t any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday. John L. Phillips Read Quote
The Space Shuttle will stop directly below the Space Station and Sergei and I will be looking out two different windows looking straight down at the Space Shuttle. John L. Phillips Read Quote
If I wasn’t doing this kind of exploration, I’d like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory. John L. Phillips Read Quote
In the 19th Century people were looking for the Northwest Passage. Ships were lost and brave people were killed, but that doesn’t mean we never went back to that part of the world again, and I consider it the same in space exploration. John L. Phillips Read Quote
We would like to carry out 100 percent, or maybe more, of our scientific program; I would like to devote some of my spare time toward extra scientific work. John L. Phillips Read Quote
