Every shuttle mission's been successful. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes mission shuttle successful
We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's X amount of pounds of thrust. And this can happen and that can happen. Christa McAuliffe amountcarolinehappen Change image and share on social
I was a little concerned with how the crew was going to view me because I didn't know whether this program had been kinda forced down their throats. But they were wonderful. Christa McAuliffe concerncrowforce Change image and share on social
If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done. Christa McAuliffe generalinterestjob Change image and share on social
I'm lucky that I have whatever I had that makes me have a successful career, if you will. Robert De Niro careerluckymake Change image and share on social
Ironically, it is only when disaster strikes that the shuttle makes the headlines. Its routine flights attracted less media interest than unmanned probes to the planets or the images from the Hubble Telescope. The fate of Columbia (like that of Challenger in 1986) reminded us that space is still a hazardous environment. Martin Rees attractchallengercolumbia share on social
In a small spacecraft, it was hard for the other two guys to sleep when the on-duty man was talking to Mission Control regularly. Henry Spencer controldutyguy Change image and share on social