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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 15 quotes by Robert Crippen Robert Laurel Crippen USAF/NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status Retired Born (1937-09-11) September 11, 1937 (age 77) Beaumont, Texas Other occupation Test pilot Alma mater UT, B.S. 1960 Rank Captain, USN Time in space 23d 13h 46m Selection 1966 USAF MOL Group 2, 1969 NASA Group 7 Missions STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G Mission insignia Awards Robert Laurel Crippen (born September 11, 1937, in Beaumont, Texas) is a retired United... Read full biography of Robert Crippen → 1 2 Ctrl → We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there... → 0 The nature of the shuttle was, we couldn't put a crew escape system in it. 0 Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight. 0 You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half. 0 Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things... → 0 The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to spend some time looking out at this beautiful Earth that... → 0 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... → 0 We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love... → 0 If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro. 0 Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit. 0 Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery. 0 We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless. 0 When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true. 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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