Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.
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Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
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You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.
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When you work really hard for something for a long time it's almost impossible to believe that it's coming true.
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We were only on orbit a little over two days, so we had no adverse effects from being weightless.
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