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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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Dr Sally Kristen Ride
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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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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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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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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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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 had both male and female heroes.
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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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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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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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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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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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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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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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