Peggy Whitson

In space for a short time, I think most people could survive that. If you're sending an average person who's healthy for a short period of time, I think that's quite doable.

I do think space hotels are probably in our future.

You need to live a little bit outside your comfort zone because you can be even more than you dream of.

Find your passion. Because with that passion, you can do anything.

The Earth is incredibly beautiful.

On my first flight, I don't know if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on my second flight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we were flying over by the reflected light coming through the window - that was pretty special.

I think the legacy of the space station will be that we can do something this technically complex in an international way.

One thing that flying in space does for you is it gives you a change in perspective. We all have to live in the same place.

I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.

I love Italian, Mexican, Thai. Something spicy.

One of the astronauts I came to admire the most is John Young.

I would certainly encourage young people to pursue their dreams. It isn't always an easy path, but it's worth going after. And I figure if a farmer's daughter from Iowa can become an astronaut, you can be just about anything you want to be.

It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.

Walking in space is absolutely the most exhilarating part of a mission. The view is just incredible.

The first time I went into space was just so much more than you could imagine or prepare yourself for.

After floating for nine and a half months in space, gravity is not your friend.

One of the things I think is really cool that we're testing on board the International Space Station is the water reclamation system.

There is a potential to be a big explosion of what spaceflight is gonna mean to just an everyday person in the near future. I think it's very hopeful for our young people: all the exciting things that they could be doing in the future relative to space and space exploration.

Drive and desire was something I was raised with. It became a very important part of how I've become.

Space flight's good for age; I have a lot less wrinkles up here. It's a good place to be as you get older.