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

We were only on orbit a little over two days so we had no adverse effects from being weightless...

- Robert Crippen

Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.

- 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…

- Robert Crippen

Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.

- 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 …

- 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.

- Robert Crippen

You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.

- Robert Crippen