I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.

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But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety...

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety...

Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same...

Once you are assigned to a flight, the whole crew is assigned at the same...

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

For quite some time, women at NASA only had scientific backgrounds.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was...

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was...

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and...

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and...

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a...

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a...

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

It takes a few years to prepare for a space mission.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

So I decided on science when I was in college.

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger...

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger...

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and...

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and...

It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be...

It's easy to sleep floating around - it's very comfortable. But you have to be...

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of...

I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of...

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate...

The food isn't too bad. It's very different from the food that the astronauts ate...

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the...

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the...

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

On both of my flights, everything went very well.

Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very...

Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very...

So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they...

So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they...