I Don't Have Any Nicknames.

Yes, I Did Feel A Special Responsibility To Be The First American Woman In Space.

The Thing I'll Remember Most About The Flight Is That It Was Fun. In Fact, I'm Sure It Was The Most Fun That I'll Ever Have In My Life.

I Felt Very Honored, And I Knew That People Would Be Watching Very Closely, And I Felt It Was Very, Very Important That I Do A Good Job.

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.

For Quite Some Time, Women At Nasa Only Had Scientific Backgrounds.