145 Quotes by Sally Ride

Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.

I did not come to NASA to make history.

For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

The space shuttle is a better and safer rocket than it was before the Challenger accident.

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.

I liked math - that was my favorite subject - and I was very interested in astronomy and in physical science.

So most astronauts are astronauts for a couple of years before they are assigned to a flight.

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect you from loss of pressure in case of emergency.