“Anything from making a mistake on an experiment that would ruin some scientist on earth's experiment - career, potentially - to doing something wrong with the satellite that a country was depending on for its communications, to making some mistake that could actually cost you and the crew either a mission or your lives. So there is a lot of pressure that's put on every astronaut to just make sure that he or she understands exactly what to do, exactly when to do it, and is trained and prepared to carry it out.” CountryEarthMistakeCareersCommunicationCostScientistPressurePreparedMissionsExperimentsRuinsMaking MistakesCrewAstronautSatellites Author:Sally Ride
“The view of earth is absolutely spectacular, and the feeling of looking back and seeing your planet as a planet is just an amazing feeling. It's a totally different perspective, and it makes you appreciate, actually, how fragile our existence is.” DifferentFeelingsEarthViewsExistenceSeeingPlanetsPerspectiveAppreciateFragileLooking BackSpectacularDifferent Perspective Author:Sally Ride
“The view of earth is spectacular from space. Most people imagine that when astronauts look out the window of the shuttle they see the whole earth like that big blue marble that was made famous by the flights that went to the moon. But the shuttle is much, much closer than those astronauts were. So we don't see the whole planet, the whole ball at once, we just see parts of it.” PeopleLooksMadeWholeBigsEarthSpaceViewsImaginePlanetsMoonWindowBallsBlueFlightImagine ThatSpectacularAstronautMarble Author:Sally Ride
“But when I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.” EarthWindowLooking Down Author:Sally Ride
“So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.” LittlesEarthBitsSawsPlanetsLittle BitBrighter Author:Sally Ride
“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.” FirstsEarthRememberChanceSpaceViewsCuttingPlanetsWindowSeatsEnginesFloatingOur PlanetSpectacularOrbitSpace Shuttle Author:Sally Ride
