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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
Sally Ride- Hawley
Sally Kristen Ride
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
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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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We need to make science cool again.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.
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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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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 getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.
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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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