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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.
Sally Ride
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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
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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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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.
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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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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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The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
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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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We need to make science cool again.
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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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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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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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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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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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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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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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