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" One of my favorite places on the planet is a place in northern Michigan: Long Lake in Traverse City. "

Gregory H. Johnson

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" I really like connecting with kids. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I was a military brat; we moved all around. "

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" 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. "

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" 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.' "

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" It's a wonderful experience to look at our Earth. "

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" John Glenn's anniversaries have followed me all of my life. I was born in 1962, the year he orbited Earth. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" My first date was with Endeavour, and my last date is going to be with Endeavour, as far as space shuttles are concerned. "

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" I'm just tickled pink that I'll be on Endeavour's last flight. "

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" I did a little bit of flying in high school, but I've just always been inspired and excited about airplanes. "

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" I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969. "

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