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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.

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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.
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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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I think maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.
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If they asked me if I wanted to go into space tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat. On the other hand, if they asked me if I wanted to go into training for three years and then go into space again, I'd probably say no.
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It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!
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Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.
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There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.
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I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.
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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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We need to make science cool again.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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