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I don't know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.
Ellen Ochoa / Astronaut
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Flight
Associated
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It's fun to work the robotic arm in part because it's really a team effort.
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I don't recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.
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College
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We run the programs, and we support them through all of our folks, but usually the hardware is somewhere else.
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Somewhere Else
Somewhere
Programs
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We continue to not only operate the International Space Station but to increase its capabilities as well as commercial contributions.
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International Space Station
Capabilities
Contributions
Operate
Space Station
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Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.
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Space
Endeavor
Our Lives
Serious
Astronauts
Launch
Prepare
Professional
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I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.
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Space
Endeavor
Flight
Highest
Lowest
Brings
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I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.
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Opportunity
Good
Astronaut
Educational
Students
Stand
Had
Background
Out
Were
Having
Opportunities
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Tell
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I'm honored to be recognized among generations of astronauts who were at the forefront of exploring our universe for the benefit of humankind.
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Exploring
Generations
Honored
Humankind
Universe
Among
Astronauts
Benefit
Forefront
Recognized
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We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.
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Development
Involved
Mars
Missions
Asteroid
Eventually
Plan
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I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars.
Ellen Ochoa / Astronaut
Science
Technology
Careers
Engineering
Inspire
Math
May
Pursue
Stars
Youth
Too
Nation
Continue
Reach
Reach For The Stars
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Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we've done, I think it's just sort of natural that each one hasn't necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did.
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Missions
Space Shuttle
Each One
Gotten
Shuttle
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I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.
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Brother
Footsteps
License
Interested
Followed
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Realized
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The ISS operates as the 'anchor customer' in low earth orbit to support new commercial space services, including delivery of cargo and, before long, crew transportation services.
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Cargo
Crew
Delivery
Including
Orbit
Transportation
Anchor
Commercial
Customer
Low
Services
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What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.
Ellen Ochoa / Astronaut
Astronaut
Common
Desire
Discovery
Ethnic Background
Gender
Motivation
Perseverance
Everyone
Background
Corps
Ethnic
Participate
Shares
Voyage
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These robotic arms, provided by Canada, have been invaluable in allowing us to build, maintain, and repair space structures, and I've been very fortunate to have gotten to operate them.
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Allowing
Arms
Canada
Fortunate
Invaluable
Gotten
Maintain
Operate
Provided
Repair
Robotic
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That's what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.
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Boundaries
Johnson
Nasa
Next Level
Center
Push
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Usually, girls weren't encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college.
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Girl
Science
Teacher
Calculus
College
High School
Made
Math
Math And Science
Motivated
School
Teacher Me School
Science Teacher Me
Appealing
Continue
High
Encouraged
Major
Ms
Studying
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Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they're passionate about, something that's challenging and worthwhile.
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Work
Astronaut
Passionate
Privileged
Wonderful
Worthwhile
Young
Feel
Very
Hope People Feel
Being
Work Hope People
Career
Challenging
Find
Something
Young People
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A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that.
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Teacher
Becoming
Hallmark
Latino
Students
Back
Interested
Doing
Communities
Give
Help
Ways
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There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.
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Minute
Ride
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We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success - many pathways to do that. We need to understand better what may be preventing people from using those pathways.
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Flight
Preventing
Safety
Affects
Emphasizing
Mission
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I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.
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English Literature
Interaction
Literature
Teachers
Classes
Drawn
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Throughout Johnson Space Center's history, contributions to STEM innovation and discoveries has been both through new technologies developed to advance human spaceflight and through educating, inspiring, and hiring students in STEM fields.
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Inspiring
Hiring
Innovation
Johnson
Stem
Advance
Contributions
Discoveries
Educating
New Technologies
Technologies
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I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it's not just for a select group of people.
Ellen Ochoa / Astronaut
Education
Jobs
Opportunity
Science
Engineering
Good Education
Interesting
Math
Math And Science
Particular
Select
Education Good Opportunity
Anyone
Open
Works
Education Science Good
Gets
Group
School Kids
Studies
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I was born in 1958, the same year NASA was established, which I like to think of as not a coincidence. I was 11 when they landed on the moon, Apollo Eleven. And, of course, everybody in the whole world was watching that. But I can tell you, at that time, nobody ever asked a girl, 'Is that something you want to grow up and do?'
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Girl
Growing Up
Moon
Thinking
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