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

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.

If I was on the road to Hell, at least I was going in style.

Life is a sacred breath.

He wasn't a whole person any longer, but only half of something not yet made.

Maybe there would be a bad outcome for some of the others, but no one was going to shoot a soprano.

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

The western spirit is, or will yet be (for no other is, or can be) the true American one.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

There was light born on the darkest day, but no-one wants to know, and no-one wants to Cry

An "I know what I like" mentality is hard to shake, but of course appreciation has space for being challenged.

I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all.