“ Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. ”
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“ I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. ”
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“ I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ”
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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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“ We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. ”
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“ I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ”
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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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“ I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job. ”
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“ I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. ”
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“ Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine. ”
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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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“ Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom. ”
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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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“ I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. ”
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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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“ Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds - compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom. ”
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“ Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine. ”
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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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“ 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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“ I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. ”
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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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“ Women make up only 25 percent of the science, engineering and technology workforce... We are delighted to be working with NASA Ames to give Silicon Valley area girls a chance to explore and develop their potential in science at an age when many begin to drift away from their natural interest. ”
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