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Sally Ride [1951-2012] American

Rank: 101
Astronaut, Physicist

Sally Kristen Ride was an American physicist and astronaut. Born in Los Angeles, she joined NASA in 1978 and became the first American woman in space in 1983.

Space, Science, Experience, History, Knowledge, Nature, Teacher, Women

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Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.	Science	101
All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.	Experience	102
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.	Space	103
The view of Earth is spectacular.	Nature	104
The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.	Space	105
Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.	Science, Space	106
I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!	Women	107
Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.	Knowledge	108
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.	Space	109
But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.		110
For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.	Science, Teacher	111
My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.		112
We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.		113
I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.		114
On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.	Space	115
The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.	Space	116
When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.	Space	117
So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do.	Space	118
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.		119
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.	Space	120
Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.	Space	121
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.		122
My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.		123
Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.	Space	124
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!		125
I did not come to NASA to make history.	History	126
The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.	Space	201
For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.		202
Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.		203
I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.		204
So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.		205
The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.		206
The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate in the very early days of the space program.	Space	207
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.		208
I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.		209
I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.		210
So I decided on science when I was in college.		211
I don't have any nicknames.		212
I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.		213
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.		214
It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.		215
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.		216
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.		217
Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.		218
On both of my flights, everything went very well.		219
The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.		220
Different astronauts sleep in different ways.		221
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.		222
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.		223
So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.		224
There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy.		225
The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming.		226
I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.		301
It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.		302
You know, I go around the country a lot.		303
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.		304
One thing I probably share with everyone else in the astronaut office is composure.	Space	305
The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.		306
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.		307
I had both male and female heroes.		308
I think eventually private enterprise will be able to send people into orbit, but I suspect initially it's going to have to be with NASA's help.		309
For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.		310
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.		311
It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.		312

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