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.
From Sally Ride
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.
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!
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.
I did not come to NASA to make history.
I have a lot of common sense. I know what needs to be done and how to approach it. I have an ability to work with people on large enterprises.
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.
The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
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