Sally Ride

The view of Earth is spectacular. ↗

— Sally Ride

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The women's movement had already paved the way, I think, for my coming. ↗

— Sally Ride

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

— Sally Ride

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There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. ↗

— Sally Ride

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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. ↗

— Sally Ride

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Well, we spend an awful lot of our time working and doing experiments. It's very busy up on the shuttle. ↗

— Sally Ride

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When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen. ↗

— Sally Ride

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You know, I go around the country a lot. ↗

— Sally Ride

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