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 going very fast. We were hitting them very fast.More Robert Laurel Crippen quotes [10/06/2011 05:10:06]

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 we're all lucky to inhabit.More Robert Laurel Crippen quotes [10/06/2011 05:10:51]

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 too dirty.More Robert Laurel Crippen quotes [10/06/2011 05:10:23]

Selection of crews is always been somewhat of a mystery.More Robert Laurel Crippen quotes [10/06/2011 05:10:31]

Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.More Robert Laurel Crippen quotes [10/06/2011 05:10:02]