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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
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LA
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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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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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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be careful that you don't float into somebody or something!
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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.
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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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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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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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 had both male and female heroes.
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