On both of my flights, everything went very well.

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

So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.

It's well known that many girls have a tendency to dumb down when they're in middle school.

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

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.

If they asked me if I wanted to go into space tomorrow, I'd do it in a heartbeat. On the other hand, if they asked me if I wanted to go into training for three years and then go into space again, I'd probably say no.