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

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

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.

It was a real honor for me to get to be the first woman astronaut. I think it's really important that young girls that are growing up today can see that women can be astronauts too. There have actually been a lot of women, who are astronauts, that that's a career that's open to them.

We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.

I don't have any nicknames.

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.