“It's a little surprising to me that I'm the first Houstonian to be an ...” — Shannon Walker Quote

“It's a little surprising to me that I'm the first Houstonian to be an astronaut.”

“During and after college, I did a lot of biking and bike touring.”

“Learning how to and being expected to know how to fly an international partner vehicle is quite something, especially having to do it all in Russian.”

“I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.”

“There was a point in my life where I either wanted to be an astronaut, an actor, a veterinarian, or a pirate. I just thought being in space would be really cool, but then you have to have 20/20 vision, which I don't have, so there.”

“If I couldn't be an actor, I would only consider being an astronaut, a sea otter, or a gynecologist.”