Helen Sharman Quotes

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

After being once in space, I was keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

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

That's really why I want to go to space - I want to be weightless for so long that it gets boring.

People are genuinely interested about what it's like to experience spaceflight and try to get some of our perspectives on it.

I thought I was prepared for space, and it still absolutely defied every expectation and dream. It is an incredible thing to put yourself on a rocket and launch off the planet. It is an amazing thing to see the planet from space. This blue sphere is almost indescribably beautiful.

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.

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

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

In 2009 I went up on the space shuttle. I was in space for 16 days and docked at the space station for 11 days. The entire crew did five space walks, of which I was involved with three of them. When you're doing a space walk, you always have a buddy with you. It's a very dangerous environment when you're doing a space walk.

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

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

I don't know... it's just too much fun to wonder about what life would be without gravity. I just started thinking about outer space more as an adult than I probably ever did as a kid. That was also inspiring, the concept of being stuck to the earth.

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.

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.

I can't imagine anywhere I'd rather be than outside the space shuttle in my space suit next to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Walking in space is absolutely the most exhilarating part of a mission. The view is just incredible.

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.

In space, you need to stay as 'usual' as possible. On the space station, I would brush my hair every day.

The ride to orbit was impressive, as it always is. But once I got on board the space station, it really felt like I was visiting an old home; it felt very comfortable.

We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.

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

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

I've wanted to go to space, really, since I was a little girl.