30 Quotes by Mark Kelly

This is something we've yearned for. We were kind of growing out of our skin here.

There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with.

There's been a lot of discussion about NASA culture and changing that. I think our culture has always been one of trying to do a very difficult job and do it well.

It's important to bring things back from the Space Station because, unlike somebody living at the house where the garbage truck comes by twice a week, they don't have that in space.

After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat.

After we get back on the ground, somebody will ultimately decide if this system works well enough to do a repair on the underside of the vehicle.

The ISS crew is going to help us during our EVAs and help us during some of our robotics operations. These guys will be on orbit already.

I'll be helping them getting suited up, getting them in the airlock, getting the airlock prepared, and getting them out the hatch, and then talking them through these three spacewalks.

I personally believe this Agency has always been very dedicated and has always worked as hard as it possibly can to do things as safely and as effectively as possible.