Quotes by Scott Kelly

“Air quality will be a little bit lower than usual for Brevard. Were going to get a sea breeze that will mix things up.”

“Its scarier than anything we do at work. I tried not to think about it too much so I wouldnt get nervous.”

“Were certainly going to be flirting with freezing on both days.”

“Were not expected to break any records, but itll be a pleasant winter weekend.”

“This isnt a quick fad like Beanie Babies -- Pokémon has legs.”

“Its not going to be an all-day rain, but there will be a band of rain associated with the front. And then its going to turn pretty cold.”

“Today, we should finally get up to about 60. The temperatures are still going to be low, but its not going to feel as cold.”

“Integrative medicine means therapies that integrate body, mind and spirit. This gives patients the best of both worlds, developing a treatment plan that includes the patients? primary care physician.”

“We notice there tend to be more accidents when there are patchy dense spots.”

“In projects of this size, it?s not unusual to have disputes like this.”

I heard sad choirs in my mind. There was nothing left of Rachel in the world. He cherished what hed shown me, and now it was gone. Eureka.

It seems like in the beginning of my flight, the space dreams were rare. And now, almost 150 days into it, the Earth dreams are more of the rare ones.

This is a really big space station. We do a lot of various kinds of work here, different kinds of science experiments; we have over 400 different experiments going on at any one time in different areas, from basic science research to medical technology, that hopefully will benefit more people on Earth.

If you go on a journey to Mars and get into deep space, there is several hundred times, maybe 300 times the radiation.

We dont do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and waters at a premium up here. Plus, itd be pretty complicated, I think, to make a space washer, although I guess you could do it.

People do really well on space missions, but its the physiological, the medical stuff, the stuff like radiation, loss of bone mass and muscle mass and density. Its those things that we need to figure out.

The calluses on your feet in space will eventually fall off. So, the bottoms of your feet become very soft like newborn baby feet. But the top of my feet develop rough alligator skin because I use the top of my feet to get around here on space station when using foot rails.

The majority of astronauts have to change their eyeglasses while in space. They bring eyeglasses with them and typically change a few months into the mission.

Flying in space is a privilege, whether its the first time or the fourth time.

Its a combination of science, maintenance, and general housekeeping. And then, occasionally, robotics activities or a spacewalk you might get to do.