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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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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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Sally Kristen Ride
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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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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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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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If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.
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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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I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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I would like to be remembered as someone who was not afraid to do what she wanted to do, and as someone who took risks along the way in order to achieve her goals.
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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 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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That's something that is almost part of being human and I'm certain that will continue.
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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.
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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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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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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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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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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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