The View Of Earth Is Spectacular.

When You're Getting Ready To Launch Into Space, You're Sitting On A Big Explosion Waiting To Happen.

Because I Was A Tennis Player, Billie Jean King Was A Hero Of Mine.

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

Some Astronauts Sleep In Sort Of Beds - Compartments That You Can Open Up And Crawl Into And Then Close Up, Almost Like A Little Bedroom.

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.