“The transition from summer to fall is a tricky one. Like astronauts returning from space. We had to re-enter the atmosphere of school carefully, so the sudden change in pressure wouldn't kill us.”— Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Narrator (Adult Kevin), Daniel Stern, imdb.com
“I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college. But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“Different astronauts sleep in different ways. I slept just floating in the middle of the flight deck, the upper deck of the space shuttle. Some astronauts sleep in sort of beds—compartments that you can open up and crawl into and then close up, almost like a little bedroom. Some astronauts sleep in…”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space. 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.”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“I knew five of them very well. Four of them were in my same astronaut class, and we had been together for almost eight years at the time of the accident. So we were very good friends. It was very hard.”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“They were very excited. They all went down to Florida to watch the launch, and they spent time there and at NASA during the flight. They were very excited about the whole process. I'm sure they were a little nervous, too!”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“I liked launch better. It's much more exciting. And it's very different from any experience you can have on earth. Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same—it's not even close to the same. It's a very exciting experience. Landing is very exciting, t…”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“I wasn't really scared. I was very excited, and I was very anxious. When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen. So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion—because if something goe…”— Sally Ride, teacher.scholastic.com
“I used to want to be an astronaut. But astronauts don’t even go to the moon anymore.”— Nic Pizzolatto, Ray Velcoro, Colin Farrell, imdb.com