But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 43
But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 8
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 7
For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 5
I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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! Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
On both of my flights, everything went very well. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
So I decided on science when I was in college. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4
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. Sally Ride American Astronaut More Sally Ride Quotes 4