The View Of Earth Is Spectacular.

It Takes A Few Years To Prepare For A Space Mission.

But Even In Elementary School And Junior High, I Was Very Interested In Space And In The Space Program.

You Know, I Go Around The Country A Lot.

When The Space Shuttle's Engines Cut Off, And You're Finally In Space, In Orbit, Weightless... I Remember Unstrapping From My Seat, Floating Over To The Window, And That's When I Got My First View Of Earth. Just A Spectacular View, And A Chance To See Our Planet As A Planet.

For A Long Time, Society Put Obstacles In The Way Of Women Who Wanted To Enter The Sciences.