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Fortunately, I got called down to NASA for an interview. And one thing led to the next, and one day I got that call. I've been here about seven years now and am really enjoying it.

Maybe I am skipping over the city and going from very personal things to the world, from internal experience to giant, far-away-from-space experience.

Sometimes when I get home at night in Washington I feel as though I had been in a great traffic jam.

I always knew I'd go to space.

I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.

My obsession with outer space is my way of being different. I make astronaut music. It takes an astronaut so long to get to space - that's how long it takes to catch up on my music.

Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth.

As an astronaut, when you're getting ready to go out of that hatch, you know that's the pinnacle of both your career and your life. The view completely blows you away. The real challenge is getting past the excitement and getting focused and down to work.

One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.

Being in space, I'm really looking forward to working with this team of folks that I'm with.