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The Most Anxious Time Was During Launch, Just Because That Is So Dramatic.

The Food Isn't Too Bad. It's Very Different From The Food That The Astronauts Ate In The Very Early Days Of The Space Program.

The Most Important Steps That I Followed Were Studying Math And Science In School. I Was Always Interested In Physics And Astronomy And Chemistry And I Continued To Study Those Subjects Through High School And College On Into Graduate School. That's What Prepared Me For Being An Astronaut; It Actually Gave Me The Qualifications To Be Selected To Be An Astronaut.

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

Then During The Mission Itself, I Used The Space Shuttle's Robot Arm To Release A Satellite Into Orbit.