I don't have any nicknames.

When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle.

Different astronauts sleep in different ways.

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it.

I suggest taking the high road and have a little sence of humour and let things roll off your back. I think that's very important.

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