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Life in zero gravity is hard to simulate. We practice on the ground what we call 'the day in the life' simulations, but it's just practicing some of the tests. It can't prepare you for the fact that all of your tools float if you don't pay attention to where they are! If you don't Velcro things down, they're gonna float away.

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The advice I give young people is that you have to pursue something, and you have to have fun along the way.

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I honestly do think that it is critical that we are continuously breaking records, because that represents us moving forward in exploration.

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I knew I wanted to be a part of NASA in any case, and so I chose my goals in education to be consistent with working at NASA even as, you know, a scientist.

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My work ethic is, I think, from my farm life.

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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.

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It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.

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I love working at NASA, but the part that has been the most satisfying on a day-to-day basis, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute, has been working on board the space station. Even if I'm just cleaning the vents in the fans, it all is important.

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The Earth is incredibly beautiful.

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I have been blessed with some really special crewmates. Being able to be a really integral member of the team, no matter what role I was in, was truly special.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: February 9th, 1960

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