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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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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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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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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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We need to make science cool again.
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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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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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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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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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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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