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.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.

Three Secrets to Success: Be willing to learn new things. Be able to assimilate new information quickly. Be able to get along with and work with other people.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

We need to make science cool again.

The tricky part about discovering our giftedness is that it may be in an area that feels unexpected.

A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction.

As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.

There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.

[On God:] She makes everything possible.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

Brokerage firms don't sell customers stock so much as they sell those horrible mutual funds

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.

I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.

I've been a fan of the Marvel Universe since I was a little child.