Fly Me To The Moon

"I must admit, maybe I am a piece of history after all."
- Alan B. Shepard

"I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it
happen in my lifetime." - Buzz Aldrin

"Thats one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Neil Armstrong

"I would have taken whatever hand I was dealt. Space was it."
- Story Musgrave

"I have no nerves, no emotion, no pressure."
- Eileen Collins

"Houston, we've had a problem here."
- James A. Lovell

"I don't know what you could say about a day in which you
have seen four beautiful sunsets." - John Glenn

"Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's
desire to understand." - Neil Armstrong

"Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up."
- Roger B. Chaffee

"It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In
fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected." - John L. Phillips

"But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window
looking down at Earth." - Sally Ride

"I put up my thumb... and it blotted out the planet Earth."
- Neil Armstrong

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The Evolution of NASA's Space Vehicles

Information about NASA's manned vehicles used in the Space Program.

Un-Manned vehicles including rovers and satellites used throughout the Space Program

Information about the US space program's near earth programs.

Today's top fuel dragsters take off with more force than the space shuttle.