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Space-exploration Quotes

"Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space."

"Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

Space Exploration, Day, Now, Space

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"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 maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter."

"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 maybe 10 or 15 seconds and then hand it on over to Scooter."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

Space Exploration, Day, First, Jokes

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"I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission."

"I had done everything I could do as an astronaut, and we have a long line of inexperienced astronauts waiting for their first missions, and so my role really should be to step aside and help them prepare for their missions, rather than to try to get another mission."

Leroy Chiao, American Astronaut

Space exploration, First, Help, Mission, Waiting

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"Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us."

"Rendezvous day is the third day of our mission, and that's a big day for us."

Duane G. Carey, American Astronaut

Space Exploration, Day, Mission

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