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.
Sally RideThe fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.
Sally RideEven though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
Sally RideThe space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.
Sally RideI never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one. And I began to understand the importance of that to people. Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose, just so they can picture themselves doing those jobs someday. You can't be what you can't see.
Sally Ride