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" I'll never be done with space. I will always be involved. "

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" The ride to orbit was impressive, as it always is. But once I got on board the space station, it really felt like I was visiting an old home; it felt very comfortable. "

" 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. "

" I am not a great sleeper. I don't think I have ever slept 8 hours straight in the last 20 years. "

" My career with the Navy and NASA gave me an incredible chance to showcase public service to which I am dedicated, and what we can accomplish on the big challenges of our day. "

" It is a little bit surreal to know that you are in your own little spaceship, and a few inches from you is instant death. "

" Flying in space is a privilege, whether it's the first time or the fourth time. "

" What we get from building a space station, the economic return, the science return, is very, very important to our nation, to our economy. "

" We don't do laundry because that requires a lot of water, and water's at a premium up here. Plus, it'd be pretty complicated, I think, to make a space washer, although I guess you could do it. "

" We've got to get rid of the stuff on the space station somehow. So we do have a pretty significant capability to bring back stuff on SpaceX that you might not imagine. "

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

" I don't mean to say it's not fresh on the space station, but there's nothing like new, cold air coming into the capsule. "

" I think a good life-work balance is important, and that's even more important in some cases on the space station. "

" I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do. "

" Leaving the space station was bittersweet - I had been there for a long time and looked forward to leaving, but it is a remarkable place. "

" I personally think going to Mars, if it takes two years or two and a half years, that's doable. Certainly, the first people who go there, that's going to be a big motivator, being first getting to Mars. "

" Space has its own unique smell. So whenever a vehicle docks, or if guys are out doing a spacewalk, the smell of space when you open up the hatch is very distinct. It's kind of like a burning-metal smell, if you can imagine what that would smell like. "

" When I look at the clouds over the Earth, and I know how high clouds are, I get a sense we are really, really far above those clouds. I wouldn't call it scary, but I am aware I am in space. "

" I've flown in space four times now, so it's going to be hard in that respect, but I certainly look forward to going back to Earth. I've been up here for a really long time and sometimes, when I think about it, I feel like I've lived my whole life up here. "

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

" We're fortunate to have football on the space station. "

" I believe in exploration, and I will miss being on the front lines of that endeavor. On one hand, I look forward to going home, but it's something that's been a big part of my life, and I'm going to miss it. "

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

" Now, space has its own unique smell. So whenever a vehicle docks, or if guys are out doing a spacewalk, the smell of space when you open up the hatch is very distinct. It's kind of like a burning-metal smell, if you can imagine what that would smell like. "

" When we do things that are really hard, we can achieve great things - and that has worked as a great model for me. "

" 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. "

" The thing I like most about flying in space is not the view. The thing I like about it is doing something I feel very, very strongly about. "

" We have a lot of systems here on board the space station, and we can't call a repair man when one of them breaks. "

" Something people don't recognize is that being on the space station is probably a lot like being in some kind of confinement - like isolation. "

" There's a lot of work to do - not only the science but maintaining the facilities up here. When you go down from a crew of six to a crew of three, obviously you've lost half of your crew time available, so it does have an impact. But it's an impact we plan for. "