I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because I think he's got a real good sense of where everything's gonna be in a few years.

May your future be limited only by your dreams!

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is neat. Within their lifetime, there will be paying passengers on the shuttle.

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of the general public what's going on up there in the space program, then my job's been done.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.