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Sally Ride
Sally Ride
American Astronaut
Born: May 26, 1951
Died: Jul 23, 2012
Astronauts Life Science Space Time You
Related authors: Alan Shepard Buzz Aldrin Christa McAuliffe Ellen Ochoa Jim Lovell John Glenn Mae Jemison Neil Armstrong
There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. Sally Ride
Woman Space First Enjoy Going Being Aspects
I've discovered that half the people would love to go into space and there's no need to explain it to them. The other half can't understand and I couldn't explain it to them. If someone doesn't know why, I can't explain it. Sally Ride
Love People Space Half Other Would Someone Know Understand Go Discovered Explain Them Why Need
For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds. Sally Ride
Time Women Backgrounds Some Only Had Scientific NASA Quite Quite Some Time
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
Practice Though Launch Tries Simulate NASA Close Same Even
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
Time You Together Year Crew Once Trains Same Same Time Then Flight Whole Prepare Assigned
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission. Sally Ride
Knowledge You Training Before Background Detailed Takes Mission Couple Go Years Get Just Your Need
Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit. Sally Ride
Space Robot Release Arm Mission Itself Orbit Then Used Satellite Shuttle
We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. Sally Ride
Day Ocean Cities Hurricanes Sediment See Rivers Dump Form Watch Night
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program. Sally Ride
School Space High Very Junior Junior High Space Program Interested Even Elementary Elementary School Program
The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic. Sally Ride
Time Dramatic Launch Most Because Anxious Just Just Because
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Sally Ride
Space Slept Upper Just Middle Space Shuttle Deck Flight Floating Shuttle
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure. Sally Ride
Space Else Everyone Everyone Else Astronaut One Thing Composure Share Office Thing
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. Sally Ride
Time Safety Space Accident Gone Had Put Wrong NASA Lot Fix Improve Space Shuttle After Challenger Things Shuttle
The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident. Sally Ride
Better Space Accident Before Safer Rocket Than Space Shuttle Challenger Shuttle
Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine. Sally Ride
Hero King Mine Tennis Tennis Player Because Jean Player
I don't have any nicknames. Sally Ride
Any Nicknames
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