"I think for humankind, not just our nation, it's important for us to continue the exploration that is so natural and innate to us."
"We can’t travel 13½ billion light-years, but when Hubble brings that to us, it’s like we’re there."
"Some day 10 years from now I’m going to say I was a small part of this Hubble mission..."
"[The Hubble Space Telescope] and the discoveries that it’s made in the last 10 years, they’re really rewriting the physics books..."
"I think that as human beings we’re very curious about the world around us and, of course, about the universe around us, and these images help to sort of answer some of those questions..."
"Any time we have a hard question in astronomy that can be answered in optical astronomy, we turn to Hubble to go and answer that question."
Amateur radio on the International Space Station brings technology, science and inspiration into the classroom.
International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko wound up a 5-hour, 54-minute spacewalk after installing one experiment and retrieving another.
Astrovan continues to carry shuttle crews, history and tradition.
International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko wrapped up a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk at 9:06 p.m. EDT Thursday.