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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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The best advice I can give anybody is to try to understand who you are and what you want to do, and don't be afraid to go down that road and do whatever it takes and work as hard as you have to work to achieve that.
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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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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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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We need to make science cool again.
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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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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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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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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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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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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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