It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very s...
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
Each book holds an experience and an adven
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim ups...
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. Th...
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.
I believe that every human has a finite amount of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the gr...
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
Research is creating new knowledge.