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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
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LA
California
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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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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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.
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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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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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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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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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The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.
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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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We need to make science cool again.
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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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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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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