Philippe Perrin Quotes

After the Shuttle checks out on its two upcoming flights, it will be ready to take larger components up to the International Space Station later this fall.

I've been approached to do some things with astronauts and the preparation that astronauts go through.

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is almost in a category completely different than the previous two, specifically to live in on the space station for six months, to command a space ship and to fly a new rocket ship.

My key aim is to get man on the surface of Mars by the mid-2030s.

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.

We are not building the space station for science any more than we went to the moon for science, but we got a hell of a lot of good science out of it.

One of the great things about the space program is it's super well-documented.

The NASA humans-to-Mars program is all sizzle and no steak.

Even if my job for the day is cleaning the vents or fixing the toilet, it still feels good to be a part of the space program and advancing exploration.

We used to have a crew of three on board the space station and even at one time a crew of two people, so it's something we can adjust to.

I've completed half of my space training at Space City in Moscow. I love adventure, and I've been training in a centrifuge and MiG Fighter with a view to going into space and being a spokesman for space exploration!

It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details of the mission and give additional information about the lessons from space.

So everything turned out fine, and we were given the opportunity to go to Washington and be briefed on the project of man in space, and given the opportunity to choose whether we wanted to get involved or not.

And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to enter the 1996 Mission Specialist class.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

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 would suspect strongly that over a period of time, if we put our mind to going to Mars, it will be a consortium of several countries.

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.

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

I feel privileged and honored to have flown. It's been a tremendous ride, looking back on the legacy and accomplishments, like the Hubble telescope and the launching of the International Space Station in 1998.

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

I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations.

With the mission to Mars, the whole world wants to get involved. So we actually have 13 different space agencies from around the world working on the global exploration road map.