NASA has to approve whatever we wear, so there are clothes to choose from, like space shorts - we wear those a lot - and NASA T-shirts.

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

The rockets light! The shuttle leaps off the launch pad in a cloud of steam and a trail of fire.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle.

I had both male and female heroes.

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.