Sally Ride

“You can't be what you can't see.”

“Weightlessness is a great equalizer.”

“Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge.”

“When I wasn't working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.”

“I would like to be the first man in space. That is my only purpose.”

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

“The thing that I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun.”

“All adventures, especially into new territory, are scary.”

“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.”

“Our future lies with today's kids and tomorrow's space exploration.”

“I never went into physics or the astronaut corps to become a role model. But after my first flight, it became clear to me that I was one.”

“I had a real sense of being a part of something much bigger than myself.”

“I wanted to be a physicist. It was the best thing I could imagine.”

“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.”

“Science is fun. Science is curiosity. We all have natural curiosity. Science is a process of investigating.”