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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

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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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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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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 both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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 can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.
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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
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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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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 space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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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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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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Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same time, and then that crew trains together for a whole year to prepare for that flight.
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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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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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The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.
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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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