Quotes About Sally Ride

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.

The most anxious time was during launch, just because that is so dramatic.

One of my early heroes was Sally Ride, the first American woman in space.

My background is in physics, so I was the mission specialist, who is sort of like the flight engineer on an airplane.

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.