Scott Kelly Quotes

I would always consider flying in space again, without a question.

I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice.

The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft.

A lot of people, I think, would love to see the earth from above, wear a spacesuit. Certainly, when I was a kid, I wanted to wear a spacesuit.

They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.

I've put a lot of my life into making it possible to fly in space at all.

I can't think of anything that's as exciting as I'm sure this mission will be, and actually being in space. But, we did some training as a crew together.

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

I don't have to go into outer space to write about an astronaut.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

One day I would love to do rock a gig on the moon - how rad would that be? Isn't Richard Branson flying planes to outer space? Motley Crue could be the first band to play on the moon.

I actually want to go up into space.

Finally my dream came true in that there was a possibility that I could travel to the International Space Station. I've gone through the medicals and the training and now I'm officially, by the Russian Space Federation, a cosmonaut in training.

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.

We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We want to launch a balloon that carries a vinyl record player.

The future of the human face is space exploration.

The time will come when we permit more people in space.

Up in space we don't have a huge wardrobe.

I've flown in space four times now, so it's going to be hard in that respect, but I certainly look forward to going back to Earth. I've been up here for a really long time and sometimes, when I think about it, I feel like I've lived my whole life up here.

The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for.

I was the 128th human in space. So I didn't really sweat about it.

After my spacewalks, I am quite exhilarated but also tired, similar to a workout on Planet Earth.

I'm looking forward to getting to space, looking back to earth out the copula window. I think all of it is going to be a completely new experience that I can't quite predict.