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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
Physicist
University Teacher
Writer
LA
California
Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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We need to make science cool again.
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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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It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young girls that are growing up today can see that women can be astronauts too. There have actually been a lot of women, who are astronauts, that that's a career that's open to them.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.
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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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The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.
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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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When the space shuttle's engines cut off, and you're finally in space, in orbit, weightless... I remember unstrapping from my seat, floating over to the window, and that's when I got my first view of Earth. Just a spectacular view, and a chance to see our planet as a planet.
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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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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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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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