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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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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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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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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 did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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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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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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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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