I cannot join the space program and restart my life as an astronaut, but this opportunity to connect my abilities as an educator with my interests in history and space is a unique opportunity to fulfill my early fantasies.

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We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and...

We sat around one night and thought that people are going to look back and...

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because...

Sometimes when things get kind of frantic, it helps to call my husband Steve, because...

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of...

If I can get some student interested in science, if I can show members of...

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also...

My job in space will be to observe and write a journal. I am also...

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major...

I will go around the space shuttle and give a guided tour of the major...

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details...

I will have a one-hour program called the Mission Watch, where I will describe details...

I touch the future. I teach.

I touch the future. I teach.

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and...

NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and...

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is...

The Twilight Zone' wasn't around with the kids. They think going up in space is...

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.

I really don't want to say goodbye to any of you people.

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community...

It's not the Olympics. It's Concord, New Hampshire, and a homecoming should reflect the community...

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the...

The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the...

Reach for the stars.

Reach for the stars.

We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's...

We haven't sat down with Scott and Caroline and said, Now you realize that there's...

I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There...

I can remember in early elementary school when the Russians launched the first satellite. There...

I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.

I have the LIFE magazine of the men walking on the moon.

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled...

I told them how excited I would be to go into space and how thrilled...

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.

If anything, the overriding emotion is gonna just be excitement.