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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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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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For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.
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I had both male and female heroes.
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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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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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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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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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But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
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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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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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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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Weightless is a great equalizer.
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After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.
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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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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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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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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.
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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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So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.
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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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