13 Quotes by Sergei Krikalev

We want to say thank you, all of you. We are waiting for this flight for very long years, more than two years already.

I don't think it was really isolation because we were talking to the ground almost each orbit. We were pretty busy, so I actually didn't feel myself isolated. And of course we had a pretty nice view of Earth.

Massive black holes are usually known for violence and destruction, ... So it's remarkable this black hole helped create new stars, not just destroy them.

We need another shuttle and many more Soyuz's to visit the station,

Well it's a pity, we had it planned, I think we could have done it. If the decision is made, the decision is made.

We are now against the window and can see there's no one home.

We are learning how to work together. We are learning what is different and we are trying to take the best part of each program to bring everything together.

We're done with our tasks on the expedition.

We worked six months trying to get the space station in better shape. We had a very interesting mission and I hope your mission is interesting as well.