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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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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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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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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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 can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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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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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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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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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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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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