Words matter. These are the best John M. Grunsfeld Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
We don’t know how many planets we’re going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn’t mean it’s not there. This may be very tricky.
Regardless of what dreams you have, work very hard, play very hard, and have fun.
Asteroid detection, tracking, and defense of our planet is something that NASA, its interagency partners, and the global community take very seriously.
InSight will get to the ‘core’ of the nature of the interior and structure of Mars, well below the observations we’ve been able to make from orbit or the surface.
Small bodies in our solar system, like comets and asteroids, help us understand how the solar system formed and provide opportunities to advance exploration.
At the age of six, I declared that I wanted to be an astronaut. My mother thought that was just fine, as it would encourage me to learn science, and besides, there really was no chance I would ever actually become an astronaut.
The James Webb Space Telescope was specifically designed to see the first stars and galaxies that were formed in the universe. So we’re gonna see the snapshot of when stars started. When galaxies started. The very first moments of the universe. And my bet? There’s gonna be some big surprises.
To help enable the kind of science Hubble is performing makes my life worthwhile.
I think that space exploration as a broad activity is the most important things that humans can do. I’ve always found it fascinating, interesting, compelling, and I have a drive to go out into space.
There’s a perspective that I’ve gained as an astronaut that I didn’t get from my science activities. In my science activities, I learned by the seat of my pants. Spending 17 years as an astronaut, I learned the NASA formalism of systems engineering as if my life depended on it. Literally.
Sometimes astronauts feel a little ill or get minor scrapes. I trained as a crew medical officer to do basic treatment.
I have had the privilege to be a member of many high-performance teams at NASA, both on and off the planet.
All space exploration is risky. As an astronaut, I had to decide each and every time I went to space whether or not to risk my life for the mission.
I grew up on the south side of Chicago in the 1960s, and I think there was a synchronicity of events that inspired me to be an astronaut, and, of course, the backdrop is nothing less than Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. That was a time in our nation where we aspired to great things, and we achieved them.
We’re being very careful that we don’t send a spacecraft to Mars with the intention of detecting Martian life – and find out that we detected the Earth life that we took with us.
The Hubble Space Telescope, which was designed for extreme servicing, you know, we can fix everything. And the James Webb Space Telescope, where we can fix nothing. It has to work the first time. And it’s a very complicated telescope.
Here we were, the only seven humans in space, repairing a telescope whose only purpose is to enrich the minds of people on planet Earth and increase our understanding of the workings of the universe. I can think of no better peaceful use of space for all humankind.
I kind of feel like I found my cause in life servicing the Hubble Space Telescope.
Once in a while, the universe lets you be free alone and in peace.
What we do at NASA is inspiring. It’s reaching, it’s visionary, and it inspires people on Earth to try hard things.
The things I like to do involve a lot of mental focus, a combination of physical and mental challenge. That is what mountain climbing is.
Our country… invests a tiny fraction of 1 percent in NASA, and this is what’s so amazing to me, is with that small investment, we do so much for the country.
The strangest thing I’ve found is that when I got to space, I felt more comfortable in space that I’ve ever been on Earth before. I just felt this is my home.
A deep ocean under the icy crust of Ganymede opens up further exciting possibilities for life beyond Earth.
I believe that the future of humans, and the future of Earth, depends on space exploration. That’s not a French problem, or a problem for Alabama: it’s a planet-wide problem. International cooperation is crucial.
Sciences are being unified by the search for life in the universe.
Hubble showed us the marvel and majesty of stars being born.
The only reason Hubble works is because we have a space shuttle.
The best would be to fly in space with family and friends.
Getting a team of scientists on Mars could be transformative.
The team at the Space Telescope Science Institute has a demonstrated record of meeting the high-performance challenges of operating the Hubble Space Telescope and preparing for the James Webb Space Telescope.
Being an astronaut, there are not a lot of things that have really shocked me in my life.
Growing up in Highland Park, in high school, I had some very influential teachers: I had a math teacher who taught calculus that helped me learn to be in love with mathematics; I had a chemistry teacher who inspired us to work what was in the class and to go beyond.
Are we alone? Many, many people on planet Earth want to know. We are on the cusp of being able to answer that question… because of the investments we’re making in space technology.
The ’60s were a remarkable time because several things were happening at once. Men were leaving planet Earth, kids were breaking into the television age, and I was able to see Neil Armstrong walking on the moon.
There’s no question that if we stay on planet Earth and never leave, that eventually we’ll be wiped out.
I think it’s really a sign of great American strength that we do invest the money we do in technology, in these hard projects, in NASA.
If I could live in space, I would definitely do that.
I thrive with high-performance challenges in front of me.
I have dedicated my life to answering the great scientific questions of our time and to the incredible adventure of space exploration.
I was not really scared on my spacewalks. We practice so much and need to stay so focused that it has a calming effect on me. I do a kind of visualization and meditation in the airlock prior to going outside, to guide my first activities once I get out in space.
The James Webb Space Telescope was specifically designed to see the first stars and galaxies that were formed in the universe.
The first thing to know about space food – it is the ambiance; it is the environment. It is not the food.
I’m an incurable romantic. But I’m not an adrenaline junkie.
A lot of people get home from work and sink into a good chair, the place in their life where they feel most comfortable. I get that comfort in space, the place where I most feel like I belong.
Absolutely the most fun thing to do in space and rewarding thing, in many ways, is to look back at planet Earth.
The moon’s a nice place to visit, but you wouldn’t want to live there.
I can’t imagine anywhere I’d rather be than outside the space shuttle in my space suit next to the Hubble Space Telescope.
Going to Mars would make NASA great again.
When people left on the Oregon Trail from St. Louis, they knew that only a fraction of them would make it to the West Coast. But they went anyway.
