When you work really hard for something for a long time it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s coming true. Robert Crippen Read Quote
You’re going very fast when you’re on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half. Robert Crippen Read Quote
The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that we’re all lucky to inhabit. Robert Crippen Read Quote
We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast. Robert Crippen Read Quote
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight. Robert Crippen Read Quote
I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we’d scrub several times since it’s a pretty complicated vehicle. Robert Crippen Read Quote
I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in ’67. That program got cancelled in ’69 and NASA ended up taking half of us. Robert Crippen Read Quote
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. Robert Crippen Read Quote
Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty. Robert Crippen Read Quote
Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit. Robert Crippen Read Quote
