The real pleasure was having the chance to enjoy being weightless, and the other was to... spend some time looking out at this beautiful spaceship Earth that we're all lucky to inhabit.
I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67 and that program got cancelled in '69 and N… - Robert Crippen
I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67 and that program got cancelled in '69 and N…
- Robert Crippen
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 peo… - Robert Crippen
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 peo…
We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless... - Robert Crippen
We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...
Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery. - Robert Crippen
Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.
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 go… - Robert Crippen
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 go…
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. - Robert Crippen
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.
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 … - Robert Crippen
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 …
Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit. - Robert Crippen
Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.
You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half. - Robert Crippen
You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.
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