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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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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We need to make science cool again.
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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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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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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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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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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I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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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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