53 Quotes by Anne McClain

In space, everything is dependent on everything else and one hiccup causes a lot of ripple effects.

Spaceflight gives us a chance to reflect on the context of our existence. We are reminded that we are human before any of our differences, before all of the lines are drawn that divide us.

Fifty years after humans landed on the moon for the first time, America has driven a golden spike on the trail to new space exploration feats through the work of our commercial partner SpaceX and all of the dedicated and talented flight controllers at NASA and our international partners.

No matter what your passion is, you really can find it within the Army. The opportunities really are endless and the sky is not the limit.

But every crew that makes it to orbit is lucky. Spaceflight's not easy.

You get this overview effect where you realize how small we are and how fragile our planet is and how we're really all in it together. You don't see borders from space, you don't see diversity and differences in people on Earth.

Army astronauts have a very proud legacy in the astronaut program.

The hardest part about this business is being away from the kids. But what I hope to teach him - and what I hope to teach all kids that are kind of looking at this - is that to achieve anything, it takes a lot of sacrifice.

I first told my parents that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was 3 years old.