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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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Sally Ride
Age: 61 †
Born: 1951
Born: May 26
Died: 2012
Died: July 23
Astronaut
Astrophysicist
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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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On both of my flights, everything went very well.
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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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Ever been to Disneyland? That was definitely an E ticket!
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Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.
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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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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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I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
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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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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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 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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I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.
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