Top 19 Quotes & Sayings by Gregory H. Johnson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American astronaut Gregory H. Johnson.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Gregory H. Johnson

Gregory Harold "Box" Johnson is a former NASA astronaut and a retired colonel in the United States Air Force. Johnson is a veteran of two space flights, STS-123 and STS-134. He served as pilot on his first mission, which delivered the Kibo logistics module and the Dextre robot arm to the International Space Station. Johnson was also assigned as the pilot to the STS-134 mission, which launched on May 16, 2011 and landed on June 1, 2011. Greg Johnson has also served in numerous roles for NASA including as a Capcom for several missions. Gregory H. Johnson was the President and Executive Director for the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) until March 10th, 2018. He is now working with Lockheed Martin.

My brother still lives in the house my parents owned in Fairborn. I go back there a lot to visit friends and keep my connection to the National Museum of the Air Force and my membership with the Dayton Engineers Club.
I really like connecting with kids.
When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner. — © Gregory H. Johnson
When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner.
I'm just tickled pink that I'll be on Endeavour's last flight.
I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was - was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don't get picked, I'm not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut.
I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.
The building of the International Space Station is something wonderful, and it will show us how to take the next step beyond low-Earth orbit.
When you look at the Earth's horizon and see the thickness of the atmosphere, it's not even the thickness of an orange peel.
I progressed through my schooling, undergraduate and graduate degrees, excited about math and science and engineering, but really didn't think about being an astronaut at that point. It was kind of unreachable.
I was a military brat; we moved all around.
Children often ask me, they say, 'Well, how do you become a fighter pilot, or how do you become an astronaut, or...?' And I say, 'Love what you're doing and do it very well.'
It still amazes me, when I go out and fly the T-38, and I'm looking at those little, short, skinny little wings, and that thing's flying. It's just amazing to me, even now.
My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned.
I was watching a black and white television in Cairo, MI., at my grandparents' house, and I watched Neil Armstrong step on the moon. At that point, it set the bit for me to be an astronaut, and it was kind of like a dream, but it really wasn't reality.
I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes.
John Glenn's anniversaries have followed me all of my life. I was born in 1962, the year he orbited Earth.
One of my favorite places on the planet is a place in northern Michigan: Long Lake in Traverse City.
It's a wonderful experience to look at our Earth. — © Gregory H. Johnson
It's a wonderful experience to look at our Earth.
NASA has made a difference.
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