25 Ellen Ochoa Quotes

Ellen Lauri Ochoa is the former director of the Johnson Space Center at NASA and a former astronaut.

She completed her master's degree along with her doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford. One of the most well-known quotes of Ellen Ochoa is, "What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery."

Below is a list of some of the best and inspirational Ellen Ochoa quotes for you to read.

Famous Ellen Ochoa Quotes

The following is a list of famous and popular quotes and sayings of the former astronaut, Ellen Ochoa.

"That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level."

"We continue to not only operate the International Space Station but to increase its capabilities as well as commercial contributions."

"I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows."

"The ISS operates as the 'anchor customer' in low earth orbit to support new commercial space services, including delivery of cargo and, before long, crew transportation services."

"Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did."

"We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that. We need to understand better what may be preventing people from using those pathways."

"Throughout Johnson Space Center's history, contributions to STEM innovation and discoveries has been both through new technologies developed to advance human spaceflight and through educating, inspiring, and hiring students in STEM fields."

Educational Ellen Ochoa Quotes

Check out the mentioned educational and academic Ellen Ochoa quotes that have been recognized by many of her followers.

"I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out."

"I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science."

"Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college."

"A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that."

"Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile."

"I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important."

Motivational Ellen Ochoa Quotes

These motivational and inspirational Ellen Ochoa quotes and sayings of the former astronaut will be perfect for you to read.

"What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery."

"I'm not trying to make every kid an astronaut, but I want kids to think about a career and the preparation they'll need."

"Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives."

"I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars."

"I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license."

"This was the last astronaut job that was not (yet) done by a woman. Now with this milestone we can focus on the fact that what is important to succeed in life, it does not matter whether you are a man or a woman."

"What we do here at NASA is explore space and understand how you can get humans to and from space safely as well as accomplish something in space—whether it's going farther or understanding how you really live and work—and accomplish science objectives."

Short Ellen Ochoa Quotes

The list mentioned below contains short quotes and sayings of the former director of the center for human spaceflight at NASA, Ellen Ochoa.

"The review committee has left it to NASA to determine the scope of these alleged incidents."

"It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort."

"We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars."

"I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college."

"We run the programs, and we support them through all of our folks, but usually the hardware is somewhere else."