This vehicle is performing like a champ. I've got a super spaceship under me.

This vehicle is performing like a champ. I've got a super spaceship under me.

We were on the dark side of the Earth when we started to see outside the window this soft pink glow, which is a lot of little angry ions out there going very fast. We were hitting them very fast.

Looking down at the Earth, you started to pick up a sense of speed much more than I had noticed on orbit.

If you want to go into space first time on a new vehicle that's never been flown, you want to go with a pro.

The space shuttle has been a fantastic vehicle. It is unlike any other thing that we've ever built. Its capabilities have carried several hundred people into space.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.