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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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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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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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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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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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We need to make science cool again.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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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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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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