I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.

I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

If it wasn't for the women's movement, I wouldn't be where I am today.

The astronauts who came in with me in my astronaut class - my class had 29 men and 6 women - those men were all very used to working with women.

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.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

I have been a bit of a risk-taker all my life.