“I’m in a dream — nobody wake me up.”
Astronaut Mike Fossum, during Saturday’s space walk with Piers Sellers, marvelling at the view of the Caspian Sea from 350 kilometres above the Earth (MSNBC.com, 8 July)
“I feel like a bug on the end of a fishing rod out here.”
Astronaut Piers Sellers speaking while standing at the end of a 30-metre-long robotic arm and extension boom (Associated Press, 9 July)
“Boy, that is great news, that’s fantastic. And to get all that done by the end of flight day six…is just amazing.”
Shuttle commander Steve Lindsey on being told…
