NASA was going to pick a public school teacher to go into space, observe and make a journal about the space flight, and I am a teacher who always dreamed of going up into space.

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

Every shuttle mission's been successful.

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...

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really...

When I'm 60, maybe, I'll look at my pile of papers and wonder, What really...

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

My sympathies have always been for working-class people.

Reach for the stars.

Reach for the stars.

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...

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...

Space is going to be commonplace.

Space is going to be commonplace.

If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the...

If anything happened, I think my husband would have to deal with that as the...

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 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.

I touch the future. I teach.

I touch the future. I teach.

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...

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...

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

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

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