I Was Always Very Interested

I Haven't Written My Memoirs Or Let The Television Movie Be Made About My Life.

Because I Was A Tennis Player, Billie Jean King Was A Hero Of Mine.

It Was A Real Honor For Me To Get To Be The First Woman Astronaut. I Think It's Really Important That Young Girls That Are Growing Up Today Can See That Women Can Be Astronauts Too. There Have Actually Been A Lot Of Women, Who Are Astronauts, That That's A Career That's Open To Them.

The Astronauts Who Came In With Me In My Astronaut Class - My Class Had 29 Men And 6 Women - Those Men Were All Very Used To Working With Women.

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.