Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.
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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
My parents didn't have a scientific bone in their body, and their daughter was pursuing a career in astrophysics. They didn't even know what astrophysics meant, but they supported me,
Sally Ride
I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.
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My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.
Sally Ride
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.
Sally Ride
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
Sally Ride
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