Different Astronauts Sleep In Different Ways.

All Adventures, Especially Into New Territory, Are Scary.

The Most Important Steps That I Followed Were Studying Math And Science In School. I Was Always Interested In Physics And Astronomy And Chemistry And I Continued To Study Those Subjects Through High School And College On Into Graduate School. That's What Prepared Me For Being An Astronaut; It Actually Gave Me The Qualifications To Be Selected To Be An Astronaut.

So I Saw Many Planets, And They Looked Just A Little Bit Brighter Than They Do From Earth.

It Was A Real Honor For Me To Get To Be The First Woman Astronaut. I Think It's Really Important That Young Girls That Are Growing Up Today Can See That Women Can Be Astronauts Too. There Have Actually Been A Lot Of Women, Who Are Astronauts, That That's A Career That's Open To Them.

The Fact That I Was Going To Be The First American Woman To Go Into Space Carried Huge Expectations Along With It.