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

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

The view of earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It's a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is.

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.

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

There are lots of opportunities out there for women to work in these fields, ... Girls just need support, encouragement and mentoring to follow through with the sciences.

If we want scientists and engineers in the future, we should be cultivating the girls as much as the boys.