"I was a military brat; we moved all around." — Gregory H. Johnson

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.

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.

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

I loved being a test pilot, and so being an astronaut was - was not my end point in, you know, either I achieved success by being an astronaut, or if I don't get picked, I'm not successful. I loved my career as a pilot, and it was a bonus to be selected as an astronaut.

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.

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.

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 was a military brat; we moved all around.