22 Quotes by Gregory Olsen

We did antigravity training in weightless chambers, tested for space suit leaks. We spent nearly six hours a day at a time inside the shuttle, training.

As soon as that rocket launched, I was more relaxed than I've been in two years, ... The only think I was nervous about was, maybe I wasn't going to go.

The Russians recently extended the seat. I just fit in,

I've always slightly objected to the word 'tourist,' ... I think the word 'tourist' doesn't do justice to all the work I've put in.

This is a dream come true. Just to look out and see the Earth from about 230 miles up is just great.

It's a way for the Russian space agency to bring in some well-needed money

the joy of being in space, weightlessness and so on.

I lifted weights, I did crunches, and I ran.

I'm just a guy from New Jersey who got to go into space.