We need to make science cool again.

The most important steps that I followed were studying math and science in school. I was always interested in physics and astronomy and chemistry and I continued to study those subjects through high school and college on into graduate school. That's what prepared me for being an astronaut; it actually gave me the qualifications to be selected to be an astronaut.

The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.

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

I don't have any nicknames.

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

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