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I find myself looking around for other new, interesting opportunities to dive into.

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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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On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
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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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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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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 didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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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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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 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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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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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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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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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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You know, I go around the country a lot.
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