I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.
Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.
Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.
It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.
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.
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.
When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.
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