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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
Flight
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Space
Shuttle
Slept
Deck
Upper
Floating

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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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I had both male and female heroes.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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