Eugene Cernan Quotes

Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand. Our journey into space will go on.

In spite of the opinions of certain narrow-minded people, who would shut up the human race upon this globe, as within some magic circle it must never outstep, we shall one day travel to the moon, the planets, and the stars, with the same facility, rapidity, and certainty as we now make the voyage from Liverpool to New York!

We got to the moon.

I'd like to go to the Moon.

In orbit, you're keyed up and aware of everything going on, every little noise, anything that may have special meaning because of where you are.

I actually don't remember Apollo 11 exactly because, at the time, I was five years old. The landing happened at night, and the walk on the moon happened at night eastern time, and I asked my parents; my mom said I was probably asleep, and so I just don't have any recollection. I do have recollection of the later missions to the moon.

We’re on the moon,” Sadie murmured. “El Paso, Texas,” Bast corrected.

Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

A journey into space is the greatest adventure I can imagine.

Buzz Aldrin doesn't think we need to go back to the Moon - that we should go straight on to Mars. I'm more on the side that says we should go back to the Moon. I think there's a lot we can utilise the Moon for scientifically.

Point-to-point transit via low orbit could dramatically speed up international flights, connecting the world even further. And safe, consistent space travel opens up the possibility of commercial space stations, trips to the moon and exploration beyond.

I can remember walking on the moon.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

The solar system should be viewed as our backyard, not as some sequence of destinations that we do one at a time.

America can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.

If they could offer up a way to go to the moon that wouldn't kill you, I'd sign up.

I fully expect that NASA will send me back to the moon as they treated Sen. Glenn, and if they don't do otherwise, why, then I'll have to do it myself.

I want to get to the moon. I want to go to Mars.

I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface.

I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon.

America has tossed its cap over the wall of space.

We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like.

The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.