The Most Anxious Time Was

Different Astronauts Sleep In Different Ways.

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.

It's Easy To Sleep Floating Around - It's Very Comfortable. But You Have To Be Careful That You Don't Float Into Somebody Or Something!

My Background Is In Physics, So I Was The Mission Specialist, Who Is Sort Of Like The Flight Engineer On An Airplane.

The Fact That I Was Going To Be The First American Woman To Go Into Space Carried Huge Expectations Along With It.