John L. Phillips Quotes

A collection of quotes by John L. Phillips.

John L. Phillips is a retired American astronaut renowned for his contributions to space exploration. Born on April 15, 1951, in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Phillips holds a doctorate in geophysics from the University of Maryland. He joined NASA in 1992 and completed three space missions, including a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2005. During his career, Phillips conducted numerous experiments and logged over 203 days in space. After retiring from NASA in 2011, he continued to contribute to the field as a consultant and educator, sharing his expertise with future generations.

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will t

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.

John L. Phillips

Science Mind

Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of experti

Every day, we get a little bit closer to the kind of expertise and the kind of experience we're going to need to go there. I'd love to be the guy walking on Mars.

John L. Phillips

Experience Love

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 y

My dad served in two wars has been flying airplanes for 60 years now. He was certainly quite an inspiration.

John L. Phillips

Dad

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gaga

There weren't any astronauts until I was about 10. Yuri Gagarin went into space right around my 10th birthday.

John L. Phillips

Birthday