Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut. Read full biography of Duane G. Carey →
And, obviously as a, as one who likes to travel around myself a lot, I think the Earth is a beautiful place. And, I'm looking forward to some new... →
You know, Scooter's going to do the first separation burn; I'm going to do the second separation burn.
Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us.
One of the jokes on our flight is that, if we have a normal entry day going, the plan is for me... to actually take the orbiter first and fly it for... →
So, I decided that whatever I was, wanted to do with my life, it would have to do, it would have to have something to do with the exploration and... →
And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster... →
I'm looking forward to coming back, back to Earth, the landing, the views.
That's what Hubble can do for us. It can tell us whether the universe is expanding forever or if one day it's going to come back together.
Those folks out in the space suits are going to be getting beat up.
And, that's what I truly believe that we're doing when we're advancing scientific knowledge is we're someday making the world better.... →
And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really... →
You know, piloting really isn't my hobby. And, it's probably not something I'd do in my spare time if I could do whatever I wanted to do.... →
And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.
Duane Gene "Digger" Carey (born April 30, 1957 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a retired lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut.