Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“They’ve become good friends of mine. Sergey is a former Russian Air Force pilot, Dimitry is an engineer, but more importantly, you know, they’ve gotten to know my family. I’ve gotten to know their families. We all have very similar priorities… Family comes first, and then our main focus is to make this mission happen as safely and productively as possible to ensure that we get everything that’s been tasked us done.”

Source: American astronaut and U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Rubio, speaking about his fellow crewmates as readies to depart Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard an ISS-bound, Russian-made, Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. Rubio will travel in the company of cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin.

FMI: www.nasa.gov