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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Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.Robert Crippen
Having the opportunity to fly the first flight of something like a space shuttle was the ultimate test flight.
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We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.
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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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My heart rate went up to 130-plus. Not John. He was nice, calm and collected.
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It was only after we got the first maneuver off that I began to enjoy the outside view. We actually could see the external tank out in front of us.
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