Author: Sally Ride

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

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

- Sally Ride

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

After the Challenger accident, NASA put in a lot of time to improve the safety of the space shuttle to fix the things that had gone wrong.

- Sally Ride

I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

I think it's important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I'm proud to be a role model!

- Sally Ride

The view of Earth is spectacular.

The view of Earth is spectacular.

- Sally Ride

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot.

- Sally Ride

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

No, I think most astronauts recognize that the space shuttle program is very high-risk, and are prepared for accidents.

- Sally Ride

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

The stars don't look bigger, but they do look brighter.

- Sally Ride

Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.

Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating. It's posing questions and coming up with a method. It's delving in.

- Sally Ride

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it.

- Sally Ride

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