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On both of my flights, everything went very well.

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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
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.
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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 a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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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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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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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 maybe it's too bad that our society isn't further along and this is such a big deal. I think it's time...that people realize that women in this country can do any job they want to do.
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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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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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We need to make science cool again.
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For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.
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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can 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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I had both male and female heroes.
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